RUSSIA: MOSCOW MULLS CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIA-IRAN RAILWAY LINK
Russia plans to build a railway link to Iran through its strategic partner, Armenia, a railway industry publication is reporting.
Russia's state-owned railway construction company Roszheldoproekt is looking for roughly $1.5 billion in funding to build the railroad, according to report in the Russian Railway Company magazine Gudok (Train Whistle).
Alexei Averin, spokesperson for Russian Railway, which owns Rozsheldoproekt and runs Armenia's railway operations, said that the Armenian and Iranian governments are likely to provide the bulk of the funding, Gudok reported on September 29. The rugged, mountainous terrain along the Armenian-Iranian border is expected to pose technical difficulties for the project and to drive up costs.
Armenia lost railway access to Russia via Georgia, its neighbor to the north, after the 2008 Georgian-Russian war. Lines running to Azerbaijan and Turkey are blocked for now, although the Russian-operated Armenian railway service has recently announced plans to build a rail link to Turkey, Eurasianet reports.
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