ITAR-TASS, Russia
December 9, 2013 Monday 05:33 PM GMT+4
Iran ready to start building railroad to link it with Armenia - mass media
TEHRAN December 9
- Iran is ready to start building a railroad, which will link it with
Armenia, Iranian mass media reported on Monday.
"Tehran provided funding to build a 160-kilometre railroad," local
mass media quoted Iranian Ambassador in Yerevan Mohammad Raisi as
saying on Monday.
The price of the project is estimated at 2.8 billion U.S. dollars,
experts say.
Iran is considering a possibility to create a united railway, which
will link it with Russia and China. The World Bank intended to take
part in implementing the project.
From: A. Papazian
December 9, 2013 Monday 05:33 PM GMT+4
Iran ready to start building railroad to link it with Armenia - mass media
TEHRAN December 9
- Iran is ready to start building a railroad, which will link it with
Armenia, Iranian mass media reported on Monday.
"Tehran provided funding to build a 160-kilometre railroad," local
mass media quoted Iranian Ambassador in Yerevan Mohammad Raisi as
saying on Monday.
The price of the project is estimated at 2.8 billion U.S. dollars,
experts say.
Iran is considering a possibility to create a united railway, which
will link it with Russia and China. The World Bank intended to take
part in implementing the project.
From: A. Papazian