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    Russia keen to revive Transcaucasus railway

    NTV Mir, Moscow
    3 Nov 04


    November

    [Presenter Aleksey Sukhanov] Moscow is restoring transport links with
    the Caucasus. Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are planning to
    create an operating company for the revival of the Transcaucasus
    Railway, Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said today at a news
    conference in Moscow. Such a decision was taken following negotiations
    with the authorities of the three Transcaucasian republics.

    [Levitin] If we can reanimate and open traffic, reanimate employment,
    I think it will be easier for us to make progress on political issues.

    [Presenter] The chairman of Russian Railways Company, Gennadiy
    Fadeyev, is currently visiting Armenia. And this is what he said.

    [Fadeyev] Armenia today is blocked off. I don't think you should be
    too shy to call it this. Today transporting goods from Russia and
    Armenia through Ukraine is not affordable. It is three times more
    expensive. The route is almost seven days longer. The key issue, or
    one of principle key issues in the Caucasus, is the unblocking of the
    railways.
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