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GEORGIA IS READY TO RESTART RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH RUSSIA THROUGH ABKHAZIA
Mediamax
Nov 2 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. New State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia
Paata Zakareishvili stated that the Georgian authorities will take up
a number of steps for settling the Abkhazian conflict in near future
and first of all, the resumption of the railway communication between
Russia and Georgia stopped 20 years ago.
He said in his interview to "Kommersant" that "Russia, Georgia and
Armenia will be able to use the railway".
According to him, some consultations have already been held on the
governmental level though the new staff of Bidzina Ivanishvili haven't
discussed the issue of restarting the railway communication between
Russia and South Caucasus through Abkhazia and "there haven't been
any contacts with Russian and Abkhazian counterparts".
"We should contribute to resumption of the transport communication
through Abkhazia - both railway and automobile", noted Zakareishvili.
At the same time, he called on "ruling out any political motives and
consider the problem solely in economic context".
"Let's start at least with freight trains", said the State Minister.
From: A. Papazian
Mediamax
Nov 2 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. New State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia
Paata Zakareishvili stated that the Georgian authorities will take up
a number of steps for settling the Abkhazian conflict in near future
and first of all, the resumption of the railway communication between
Russia and Georgia stopped 20 years ago.
He said in his interview to "Kommersant" that "Russia, Georgia and
Armenia will be able to use the railway".
According to him, some consultations have already been held on the
governmental level though the new staff of Bidzina Ivanishvili haven't
discussed the issue of restarting the railway communication between
Russia and South Caucasus through Abkhazia and "there haven't been
any contacts with Russian and Abkhazian counterparts".
"We should contribute to resumption of the transport communication
through Abkhazia - both railway and automobile", noted Zakareishvili.
At the same time, he called on "ruling out any political motives and
consider the problem solely in economic context".
"Let's start at least with freight trains", said the State Minister.
From: A. Papazian