Azerbaijan, Armenia close to opening railway communications: Pashinyan
Armenia and Azerbaijan, mediated by Russia, are very close to starting construction and restoration of a railway [connecting the main part of Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, through Armenia], which means opening the communications in the region, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated at the governmental meeting, News.Az reports citing Trend.
Pashinyan noted that Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Overchuk and General Director of Russian Railways company Oleg Belozerov arrived in Yerevan on Feb. 2 on a working visit and met with Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan.
“I want to stress that we are very close to fixing the first practical result of the tripartite working group on opening the communications," he added.