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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed an official decision to establish a special joint working group with the Russian side to address issues related to the management of the country’s railway network. The document was published on the government’s official website.
The Operative Information Center-OMM reports that the working group will assess the effectiveness of the concession agreement with South Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, discuss existing technical and economic problems, and identify alternative solutions for the coming period. Under the law, the group has three months to carry out its work.
The group was established following talks held in Yerevan on October 14 between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Oleg Belozerov, CEO of Russian Railways. Senior officials from both sides have been appointed to the delegation.
Armenia’s delegation will be led by David Ivanyan, deputy minister of territorial administration and infrastructure. It will also include Artak Papyan, head of the railway and water transport policy department; Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister of International Trade Mnasakan Safaryan; and Deputy Finance Minister Edgar Mkrtchyan.
Russia will be represented by Deputy Transport Minister Alexey Shilo, Russian Railways Deputy CEO Vyacheslav Pavlovsky, Anton Kozlov, head of the company’s department for foreign projects and international cooperation, and Alexey Melnikov, CEO of South Caucasus Railway.
