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ARMENIA'S ACCESSION TO CUSTOMS UNION MAY SERVE AS NEW IMPETUS FOR REOPENING OF ABKHAZIAN RAILWAY
YEREVAN, March 31. / ARKA /. Armenia's accession to the Customs Union
may serve as a new impetus for the reopening of the Abkhazian railway,
according to Tatyana Valovaya, a senior member of the Eurasian Economic
Commission (EEC), who spoke last Saturday at a conference in Yerevan
organized by the governing Republican Party of Armenia to look into
opportunities and challenges of Armenia's accession to the Russia-led
trade bloc.
According to her, regardless of all other issues, Russia is interested
in establishing normal railway links with Abkhazia, Georgia and
Armenia. She added this could make the reopening of the Abkhazian
railway more feasible.
"Of course, there are certain objective and subjective problems
hindering the revival of the Abkhazian railway, but I hope they would
be overcome,' she said.
She added that all transport projects largely depend on the economy.
"If there are goods which must be transported, there is then a need
to invest and open transport corridors," she said.
During a visit to Armenia in 2013 January former Georgian prime
minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said the railway communication through
Abkhazia could be restored after the resolution of a number of disputes
with Russia.
The issue, which is of strategic importance for the economy of
Armenia, was discussed also by the presidents of Armenia and Russia
last September in Moscow. -0-
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YEREVAN, March 31. / ARKA /. Armenia's accession to the Customs Union
may serve as a new impetus for the reopening of the Abkhazian railway,
according to Tatyana Valovaya, a senior member of the Eurasian Economic
Commission (EEC), who spoke last Saturday at a conference in Yerevan
organized by the governing Republican Party of Armenia to look into
opportunities and challenges of Armenia's accession to the Russia-led
trade bloc.
According to her, regardless of all other issues, Russia is interested
in establishing normal railway links with Abkhazia, Georgia and
Armenia. She added this could make the reopening of the Abkhazian
railway more feasible.
"Of course, there are certain objective and subjective problems
hindering the revival of the Abkhazian railway, but I hope they would
be overcome,' she said.
She added that all transport projects largely depend on the economy.
"If there are goods which must be transported, there is then a need
to invest and open transport corridors," she said.
During a visit to Armenia in 2013 January former Georgian prime
minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said the railway communication through
Abkhazia could be restored after the resolution of a number of disputes
with Russia.
The issue, which is of strategic importance for the economy of
Armenia, was discussed also by the presidents of Armenia and Russia
last September in Moscow. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_s_accession_to_customs_union_may_serve_as_ new_impetus_for_reopening_of_abkhazian_railway/#sthash.s8WZCGKe.dpuf