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    RIA Novosti, Russia
    Feb 1, 2005

    RUSSIAN, IRANIAN, AZERI RAILWAY MINISTERS TO MEET


    MOSCOW, February 1, (RIA Novosti) - The Russian, Iranian and Azeri
    Railway Ministers will meet in Baku February 6-10, Iran's Ambassador
    to Russia Gholamreza Shafei said at a news conference in Moscow.

    Mr. Shafei added that an appropriate agreement was signed last year
    and provided for the creation of a branch-line that will link the
    Iranian and Azerbaijan railways and, then, the Russian railways.

    "The functioning of this railway will contribute to the economic
    growth of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan," he said.

    Mr. Shafei reminded the audience that the railway that existed in the
    USSR that linked it to Iran, crossed the territory of Armenia and
    Azerbaijan. However, in confrontational conditions between the
    Armenian and Azerbaijani sides, that railway "is practically not
    functioning now."

    Mr. Shafei also said the head of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and
    Industry, Yevgeny Primakov, will visit Iran on February 11-13.

    "This visit will contribute to the intensification of trade between
    our countries," Mr. Shafei said.
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