Armenia Interested in Reopening Russian-Georgian Railway Link

(Tbilisi, June 28, 2003, Civil Georgia) – Armenian President Robert Kocharian said on June 27 that Armenia is interested in resumption of the Russian-Georgian railway link, via breakaway Abkhazia, which will connect Armenia as well with Russia.

?Georgia and Russia, as well as the whole region would benefit from reopening of the railway connection,? Robert Kocharian said at the briefing after the talks with his Georgian counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze in Tbilisi.

Armenian President pays two-day official visit to Georgia on June 27-28. Today he meets with the Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze and representatives of the Armenian community in Georgia.

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