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    IRAN, ARMENIA MULLING RAILROAD PROJECT

    press tv
    Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:38:26

    Iran and Armenia are to create a working group to coordinate the
    construction of a railroad that would link the two neighbors.

    Yerevan is conducting feasibility studies on three areas as
    construction points for the Armenian part of the railroad namely
    Eraskh, Vardenis and Gagarin.

    Armenian Minister of Communication and Transport Gurgen Sargsyan said
    the country prefers the third point, a 397-kilometer railroad linking
    the central cities of Gagarin and Gavar to Martuni and Jermuk which
    lie further south.

    About 80 kilometers of the railroad will run through Iran as far as
    the northwestern city of Marand.

    Russia has also voiced interest in cooperating with Iran and Armenia
    in constructing the railroad and talks are underway between the three
    countries, he added.

    Sargsyan had earlier estimated the cost of construction of the railroad
    to be around $2 billion.
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