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publié le mercredi 6 janvier 2010

CONSTRUCTION OF NORTH-SOUTH ROAD CORRIDOR TO BEGIN IN 2010 APRIL
/DEC 21/ARKA/

ARMENIA TO RECEIVE USD 60 MIL. FROM ASIAN BANK OF DEVELOPMENT TO IMPLEMENT SOUTH NORTH HIGHWAY FEASIBILITY SURVEY
/DEC 21/PanARMENIAN.Net/

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO PROVIDE 1 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY ON IRAN-ARMENIA RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
/DEC 21/ NOYAN TAPAN/

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION MINISTER OF ARMENIA : ARMENIA HOPES FOR OPENING OF EXCISE CHECK POINT IN CAUCASUS PORT
/DEC 21/ArmInfo/

SCR REDUCES TARIFFS FOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC IN EXPORT AND IMPORT COMMUNICATION
/DEC 21/ArmInfo/
South Caucasus Railways CJSC is the 100 percent subsidiary of Russian Railways CJSC. In February 2008 SCR obtained a concession of the state CJSC Armenian Railway. The agreement of concession of the Armenian Railroad CJSC for 30 years with a 10-year renewable period was signed in Yerevan in February 2008.

RUSSIAN RAILWAY BOOSTS INVESTMENTS IN ARMENIA
/DEC 24/Asbarez - RFE/RL/ Russia’s state-run railway, RZD, reported on Thursday a sharp increase in its capital investments in Armenia’s rail network which it began managing almost two years ago. The agreement, signed in late 2007, committed the Russians to investing $230 million in Armenia during the first five years of operations and another $240 million in the following years.
The government has repeatedly accused them of failing to honor this and other contractual obligations.

SCR PLANS TO REBRAND IN 2010
/DEC 24/PanARMENIAN.Net/
"South Caucasian Railways" JSC plans rebranding in 2010 to raise the consumers’ awareness of its brand and make the company more recognizable in both domestic and foreign markets,

SCR TO REACH BREAK EVEN POINT BY 2016
/DEC 24/PanARMENIAN.Net/

SCR INVESTMENTS TOTAL 1.2 BILLION RUBLES IN 2009
/DEC 24/PanARMENIAN.Net/

Georgia opens border with Russia to estrain "separatism" in Javakheti
/DEC 25/ Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia/
Russia and Georgia came to a final agreement on opening terrestrial border between the two countries with Switzerland’s mediation yesterday [24 December]. It is a question of the only border checkpoint on Russian-Georgian border - Verkhniy Lars, which has been closed since July 2006. As for deadlines for reopening the checkpoint, the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry issued yesterday says that it will officially be opened on 1 March 2010. Meanwhile, the Georgian side agrees to open the border - dropping previous preconditions for Moscow to cancel the embargo on imports of Georgian vines, mineral waters, and agricultural products, which was imposed in 2006.
The Georgian side made the decision to open the border with Russia on 16 November - during a session of the Security Council convened by [Georgian] President Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili put forward three arguments for opening the border, and one of them directly refers to Armenia. According to Saakashvili, "Georgia should not lose the status, role, and significance of a transit country for countries in the region". It is supposed that by opening the border, Georgia wants to preserve Armenia’s dependence on it in case of possible opening of the Armenian-Turkish border in April 2010, and this has not only financial, but also political importance for this country.
In essence, this dependence will become a guarantee for Tbilisi, which will make Javakheti Armenians renounce manifestations of separatism, and the official Yerevan be interested in restraining manifestations of separatism in Javakheti as it did previously - by cooperating with the Georgian authorities. Armenia is showing great interest in opening the Russian-Georgian border, because Armenia’s only terrestrial route with Russia is ensured via Verkhniy Lars. Due to the closure of Verkhniy Lars, cargo shipments from Armenia to Russia and in the opposite direction were carried out via the Black Sea - by ferry boats, which are incomparably more costly and time consuming. It is expected that after opening the checkpoint, up to 40 per cent of cargo shipments will be carried out via Verkhniy Lars.

ARMENIA-IRAN RAILROAD LAUNCH NEXT YEAR
/DEC 28/Iran Daily/
Armenia is set to begin work early next year on a large-scale project aimed at connecting Armenia and Iran through a north-south railroad, according to Armenia’s Transport and Communications Minister Gurgen Sargsyan.