ARMENIA, RUSSIA AGREE TO MODERNIZE BORDERS WITH TURKEY, IRAN
Mediamax
Feb 17 2012
Armenia
Yerevan, 17 February: Secretary of the National Security Council
of Armenia (NSC) Artur Baghdasaryan stated today that they reached
serious agreements with the Russian side on modernization and technical
re-equipment of Armenia's state border with Turkey and Iran.
Artur Baghdasaryan stated this during the session of the
interdepartmental commission today.
"We rather effectively cooperate with the EU on issues of modernization
of Armenia's state border with Georgia. The works passed to the final
phase and we will soon register good results on the checkpoint in
Bagratashen, Bavr and Gogavan," said the Secretary of the NSC.
Artur Baghdasaryan noted that the final round of the tender on
selecting construction companies is currently under way and stressed
that the formal procedures shouldn't hinder the rates of modernization
and re-equipment of border infrastructures.
According to him, they also hold negotiations with the "European
Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument" and a number of international
donor organizations to attract a grant at an amount of about 17m euros.
Mediamax
Feb 17 2012
Armenia
Yerevan, 17 February: Secretary of the National Security Council
of Armenia (NSC) Artur Baghdasaryan stated today that they reached
serious agreements with the Russian side on modernization and technical
re-equipment of Armenia's state border with Turkey and Iran.
Artur Baghdasaryan stated this during the session of the
interdepartmental commission today.
"We rather effectively cooperate with the EU on issues of modernization
of Armenia's state border with Georgia. The works passed to the final
phase and we will soon register good results on the checkpoint in
Bagratashen, Bavr and Gogavan," said the Secretary of the NSC.
Artur Baghdasaryan noted that the final round of the tender on
selecting construction companies is currently under way and stressed
that the formal procedures shouldn't hinder the rates of modernization
and re-equipment of border infrastructures.
According to him, they also hold negotiations with the "European
Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument" and a number of international
donor organizations to attract a grant at an amount of about 17m euros.