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  • The first obstacle of the Iran-Armenia railway is "the concessionair

    The first obstacle of the Iran-Armenia railway is "the concessionaire
    of the Armenian railway"

    February 28 2015


    "Today, the Armenian railway concessionaire first of all prevents the
    construction of the Iran-Armenia railway", such opinion was expressed
    by economist Ashot Yeghiazaryan in the conversation with Aravot.am,
    commenting on the Government's yesterday's decision pertaining to the
    Southern Railway. Minister of Transport and Communications Gagik
    Beglaryan reported the Prime Minister at the Government session that
    the terms for accepting respective legal acts on making amendments in
    the Concession Agreement and the list of Action Plans required for the
    construction of Southern Railway (Iran-Armenia) of Armenia is delayed
    for two months. Gagik Beglaryan had associated the delay of the
    railway construction by having a negative posture on some matters by
    the concessionaire. To our question that some politicians are
    convinced that the Iran-Armenia railroad will never be built and
    actually, the construction of the railway is a "myth", Ashot
    Yeghiazaryan assured that it is a non-profitable project for the
    "South Caucasus Railway", which is the operator of the Armenian
    railway. "It is a non-profitable project not only financially, but
    also requires huge investments, which requires long years of
    compensation. In addition, Russia's today's concessionaire is not
    competitive and it is unable to provide competitive railway services."
    According to him, no new concessionaire can emerge under these
    conditions, as railway transport and energy are very important
    geo-economic infrastructures, with the help of which Russia is able to
    keep the post-Soviet countries to be dependent. The economist believes
    that the way to Iran definitely is not beneficial for Russia
    geo-economically and geopolitically, because Armenia having
    alternative routes would mean lessening the dependence.


    Lusine BUDAGHYAN
    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2015/02/28/169067/




    From: A. Papazian
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