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ARMENIA TO NEGOTIATE WITH GEORGIA ABOUT ABKHAZ RAILWAYS
The Messenger, Georgia
Nov 12 2013
By Messenger Staff
Tuesday, November 12
The Russian media is currently discussing the issue of reviving
Abkhazian segment of the railways connecting Georgia with Russia.
Armenian leadership is very much interested in this issue as it
wants to break though the blockade, which is imposed around it by
Azerbaijan and Turkey. The only land connection with the rest of the
world Armenia has through Iran.
As for Georgia - Armenia has railway connections with this country.
However, due to the occupation of Abkhazian territory by the
Russian-supported separatists, the railways running through Abkhazia
do not function. This topic has been touched on many times by the
Armenian side which is vitally interested in the issue.
Georgia now faces a dilemma. If its preconditions are met (return of
IDPs from Abkhazia to their original homes, joined control of cargo
at the Russian border) only in this case Georgia would have started
discussing the issue. However, these developments might cause the great
discontent of Azerbaijan, which does not want Armenia to establish
a land connection with Russia, and besides, it tries to promote the
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railways, currently under the intensive construction.
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2988_november_12_2013/2988_econ_five.html
From: A. Papazian
The Messenger, Georgia
Nov 12 2013
By Messenger Staff
Tuesday, November 12
The Russian media is currently discussing the issue of reviving
Abkhazian segment of the railways connecting Georgia with Russia.
Armenian leadership is very much interested in this issue as it
wants to break though the blockade, which is imposed around it by
Azerbaijan and Turkey. The only land connection with the rest of the
world Armenia has through Iran.
As for Georgia - Armenia has railway connections with this country.
However, due to the occupation of Abkhazian territory by the
Russian-supported separatists, the railways running through Abkhazia
do not function. This topic has been touched on many times by the
Armenian side which is vitally interested in the issue.
Georgia now faces a dilemma. If its preconditions are met (return of
IDPs from Abkhazia to their original homes, joined control of cargo
at the Russian border) only in this case Georgia would have started
discussing the issue. However, these developments might cause the great
discontent of Azerbaijan, which does not want Armenia to establish
a land connection with Russia, and besides, it tries to promote the
Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railways, currently under the intensive construction.
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2988_november_12_2013/2988_econ_five.html
From: A. Papazian