The US sees a more integrated South Caucasus, the Secretary of State added...
Transportation
Nikol Pashinyan: Highways, railways, pipelines, cables must enter Turkey from Azerbaijan via Armenia
“The contribution to the establishment of lasting peace and stability in the South Caucasus is a top priority for the Republic of Armenia,” the premier noted…
Also, Nurtleu stressed Armenia’s important geographical position in that sense for Kazakhstan…
“There are pilot cargos that are passing through that route,” Narek Teryan added...
The newly appointed minister of economy did not give a clear answer...
The vive-chair of the Armenian legislature commented on the Azerbaijani presidential aide’s statement on the "Zangezur corridor"…
“The authorities of Armenia have spoken about the readiness to open regional communications on the basis of the principle of sovereignty and jurisdiction within the framework of equality and reciprocity,” the ministry spox stated…
But there is also an alternative option through the territory of Iran, the Turkish transport and infrastructure minister added...
According to him, this will ensure economic well-being and create many opportunities for Armenia as well…
In order to further increase the appeal of this road passing through Armenia, it is necessary to liberalize laws, noted Iran's ambassador to Armenia…
According to Ambassador Sobhani, Iran considers Armenia's position in this regard to be logical and in line with international standards…
Iran envoy to Armenia: Regional roads should be unblocked within framework of countries' sovereignty
At the same time, Ambassador Sobhani stressed that the rhetoric of peace and friendship can bring peace…
According to FM Lavrov, the reason lies in Armenia's position…
In recent days, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have really addressed the topic of establishing a connection between the main part of Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan in their public comments, the Russian FM said…
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Vahagn Khachaturyan met on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos…
"The sooner Armenia finishes the construction of its section of the [North-South] road [corridor], the better,” Pooya Hosseini stated…
"There are other forces behind Aliyev that use him to keep the region in constant tension,” said the Iranian analyst…
In India, Vahan Kerobyan, met with the country’s Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways...
The Armenian side hopes that Azerbaijan will show a constructive approach, and the negotiations and meetings will continue, the FM stated…
“We [i.e. Iran] are making a lot of efforts to establish peace, stability, and security in the regional countries,” added the Iranian MFA spokesman…
Who would have believed a few years ago that you will see flags of the European Union and Iran in Kapan, Armenia?...
According to Mehdi Sobhani, some of the Iranian truckers tends to use Azerbaijan's relatively longer route to reach Georgia and the Black Sea because its tolls and fuel prices are more affordable…
“There are certain calculations related to the Yeraskh-Ordubad-Meghri-Horadiz railway,” said Gnel Sanosyan, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure…
The bridge is in quite good condition, but the only drawback is that it is narrow, added the territorial administration and infrastructure minister…
This initiative of the Armenian government...
Regarding cooperation in the transport sector, we continue the implementation of the previously reached agreements with the Armenian side, the Russian deputy premier said in Yerevan…
Including railway, the Russian deputy PM told reporters in Yerevan…
Georgia supports the Crossroads of Peace initiative of Armenia, the Georgian deputy FM said at the Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries…
Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized that the Armenian government is ready to continue efforts to restore regional communications and build new ones…
The PM delivered opening remarks at the Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries…
The returning trucks are loaded with fish, fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, flowers…
According to Kerobyan, Armenia has started actions within the framework of EAEU to resolve the issues…
This checkpoint on the Georgian-Russian border should not be considered as just a checkpoint, said the executive director of Armenia’s large freight-forwarding company Apaven…
The economy minister stated that during the past year there were less than 40 cases when the relevant Russian agencies had returned the goods exported from Armenia…
According to Gagik Aghajanyan, Armenia's transport system is fully ready to help business entities to enter alternative consumption markets…
How do the Russian authorities explain this?...
"That's why one of the principle points of the peace agreement refers to communications. One of the biggest ...
The head of the country’s customs committee noted in his statement to reporters…
“Over the past three years, one of the most discussed matters has been the unblocking of [regional] communications,” the PM said in parliament…
"When such an agreement is reached and this idea goes ahead in its course, in its proper phases,” the finance minister said…
The Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development informed at the 16th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization…
In many ways, Armenia's initiatives are consistent with the projects that are already been discussed during the past years, within the framework of the tripartite working group, said the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry…
Alexey Overchuk commented on the activities of the trilateral working groups of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan on the unblocking of regional transport communications...
Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan spoke about the North-South motorway construction…
After 2020, the Armenian government has conducted studies on the chances of building a railway connecting the western regions of Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan in the Meghri sector, said the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure…
According to the PM, capital expenditures in 2024 will increase by 310 percent compared to 2018, or by 537 billion drams (approx. $1.3 billion)…
High-tech industry minister Robert Khachatryan, received the new Belgian ambassador, Eric De Muynck…
Deputy PM Alexey Overchuk commented on the matter of Armenia's participation in the North-South international transport corridor project…
“Obviously, our region, the South Caucasus, needs peace,” Nikol Pashinyan stated in his address at the Tbilisi Silk Road International Forum Thursday…
We all know the phrase "Silk Road" from school textbooks...
Pashinyan addressed at the Tbilisi Silk Road International Forum…
Pashinyan added that they tried to endow this project with all attributes…
But this is a matter of the overall geopolitical situation…
"We will start discussions for the construction of that bridge," Mehrdad Bazrpash said…
“We have planned very good infrastructure projects in the eastern and western parts of the Caspian Sea,” Mehrdad Bazrpash told reporters in Yerevan…
Within the framework of Tranche 4 of the North-South Road Corridor Investment Program...
Bazrpash will attend the signing ceremony of the contract for the construction of Armenia’s Agarak-Kajaran motorway, which is part of the North-South and the Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridors…
Armenia’s commercial attaché to Iran Vardan Kostanyan stated…
Mikhail Mishustin noted this during a meeting with his Armenian counterpart, Nikol Pashinyan…
China has paid attention to the implementation of the project, said the deputy director general of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs of the Chinese foreign ministry...
In total, 94 km of roads were thoroughly repaired in the province during 2018-2022, Pashinyan noted…
A Russian company will soon sign an agreement with Iran on the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway section, the Russian presidential aide informed…
From Russia through Abkhazia...
“Our long-term conversation with our colleagues in the Russian Federation has brought a concrete result,” the premier said…
The routes passing through the territory of Armenia will be controlled in accordance with the legislation of Armenia…
There is an important consensus…
The deputy FM added that Armenia has expressed its position in this regard, and Iran's position is also known…
Mher Grigoryan received Andrzej Kasprzyk…
Alexey Overchuk spoke on the unblocking of regional transport communications...
During the last meeting of the tripartite working group, the PM noted…
The Armenian deputy PM received the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus…
Deputy PM Grigoryan noted a timeframe...
And the bypassing parallel bridge will be repaired...
“We are in favor of the development of any type of infrastructure,” the economy minister said…
The Russian leader attended, via video link, the signing ceremony of the agreement on the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway…
“Good agreements” have been reached with financial-credit associations of neighboring countries to participate in Iran’s rail and port projects, said the minister of roads and urban development…
Logistic chains of shipments are either broken or not functioning since the events in Ukraine began...
Baku announced that Kilicdaroglu made this map in favor of Armenia...
As well as values the development of the regional communication and stable transport systems…
From the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development...
Truckers and farmers report that they cannot export agricultural products to Russia…
Its dirt road was ready about 20-25 days ago, said the press secretary of the Ministry Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia…
Also, the president of Russia called on businessmen to direct funds to the construction of the North-South Corridor, too…
The opening of regional communications, including railway communication between the western regions of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan…
The Russian FM said that he and his Azerbaijani counterpart talked about the progress of the negotiation process aimed at unblocking transport and economic routes in the South Caucasus…
He added that the project completes the 162-kilometer north-south corridor from Bandar Abbas...
the new trade route would negate some of the sanctions effect...
"Historically in the region we have had more concerns than opportunities...
The work to expand the capabilities of the Upper Lars border crossing point and to optimize the cargo and vehicle clearance procedures continues...
The first container train left Uzbekistan for Europe to bypass Russia...
But I want to reaffirm that Armenia is ready and interested in the implementation of this program…
Lawrence Meredith, Director for the Eastern Partnership and Institution Building at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission, is in Baku...
As per the first Armenian ambassador to India, the latter not only sees benefit in this corridor, but contributes to its formation…
Aktau hosts the second trilateral meeting of foreign and transport ministers...
In the near future there may bee a need for large investments within the framework of the "Armenian Crossroads" project, particularly in railway restoration…
It's not fair to say that the current situation at the Upper Lars border crossing point...
All the economic, sectoral, and political ideas are reflected in Armenia's draft state budget for 2023...
Ilham Aliyev received Andrei Belousov…
Ilham Aliyev and Alexei Overchuk conferred about the activities of the respective trilateral working group…
This year about 230 kilometers of roads are being built...
The Azerbaijani capital city hosted Friday a joint event on the prospects of this corridor…
The 11.8km section of the Tegh-Kornidzor motorway…
Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan have signed a memorandum...
Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan signed a final additional protocol and agreement...
Expansion of regional transit routes is the main task of Iranian economic diplomacy...
Armenia official: We continue work with Russia colleagues to increase Upper Lars checkpoint capacity
“We were expecting 30% intensification,” the economy minister said…
No cases or incidents have been recorded in the Berdzor Humanitarian Corridor...
RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Armen Simonyan received representatives of...
The Turkish minister focused on the growth of trade turnover with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan...
Approximately $2.4 million have been allocated from the Armenian state budget for this project…
The service capacity of the checkpoint from Russia to Georgia has increased...
PM Pashinyan listed the motorways that will be repaired…
As per the Georgian Department of Emergency Situations and the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations…
"The issues of the work of the Upper Lars checkpoint [on the Russian-Georgian border] were discussed as our response to the request of Armenia’s representatives,” Alexey Gordeyev told reporters in Yerevan…
An employee of the Upper Lars customs checkpoint told Armenian News-NEWS.am…
Passenger vehicles from Armenia are returning to the country …
It is intensively working with the Georgian and Russian colleagues...
On June 20, the Russian government made a decision to open the second zone of customs clearance at this checkpoint on the Georgian border…
Armenia official: Russia considering possibility of setting up additional checkpoint near Upper Lars
According to Gnel Sanosyan, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure…
On Friday and Saturday, respectively…
The respective order was signed by Russian PM Mishustin…
Mher Grigoryan and Alexei Overchuk met in Moscow…
The declaration highlights the role of the development of transport corridors...
Tananyan informed that this road was closed again Thursday, but the Georgian side promised to clear the road from snow and start letting cars pass the checkpoint…
Badasyan explained that the amount of goods coming to Armenia continues to come…
On the Russia-Georgia border…
The government allocated 13 million drams for geodetic works on the Yeraskh-Meghri section of this railway project…
The checkpoint is working overloaded, but in a normal mode…
“There has never been an investment program of this scale in the history of Armenia's independence,” the PM said...
As per the head of the Armenian working group of the railway restoration program…
Mher Grigoryan received a delegation led by Toivo Klaar…
The North-South Road Corridor investment program is included in the Economic and Investment Plan of the European Union…
More than 1,000 vehicles have been accumulated at the North Ossetian sector…
In this connection, Pashinyan recalled that the Russian deputy PM and the Russian Railways General Director arrived in Armenia Wednesday...
With respect to the matter of unblocking roads in the region…
Zohouri noted that Armenian-Iranian relations can be improved in all domains because there are no big obstacles for doing so...
In actual fact, it is about the construction of the 23-kilometer section of a railway in the now-Azerbaijani-controlled Jabrayil region…
The issues of transit and recognition of the maritime certificate were discussed...
As per the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry…
According to Grigoryan, any...
Tananyan clarified that there are...
The minister of economy explained that the largest respective project is…
The Russian deputy PM spoke at a conference, entitled "The current state and prospects of Russian-Azerbaijani relations in the context of integrated processes," in Baku…
Pashinyan spoke about the agreement reached with Azerbaijani president Aliyev…
Armen Simonyan, the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure...
As per the vice chairman of the Konya Branch of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MUSIAD) of Turkey...
Armenian analyst states reason why Iran won't renounce exit to Black Sea through Armenia's territory
The analyst attached importance to the...
UAE-Iran-Turkey corridor to officially start functioning after visit of Emirates officials to Tehran
Earlier, an expert in the field of transit said that the new corridor would shorten the previous transit route by 12 days...
Now, according to her, negotiations are underway to form a full-format agreement on a free trade zone...
The minister clarified that...
In response to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s question...
Moreover, according to him, the...
At the end of the meeting, Minister Ghasemi...
For any state, the construction of roads is important from the point of view of development…
Referring to the importance of land...
As per the general director of the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance…
"We need to discuss issues related to automobile communications and roads," the deputy PM added…
The Indian official stressed the importance of communications…
“We have reflected on the issue of infrastructure in the big region,” Mirzoyan stated…
The Ministry of Territorial Administration and...
Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development as well as Executive Director of the Construction and Development of Transport Infrastructures Company of Iran, Kheirollah Khademi, is visiting Armenia…
Armenian truck drivers have been...
The fact that this “corridor” is non-existent does not seem to bother Ali Asadov…
Around 60 Iranian trucks entered the...
The Armenian foreign minister emphasized that...
According to him, this is based on...
Volvac clarified that, in addition to...
To make it accessible to trucks…
According to Overchuk, the issue of unblocking the economic and transport ties in the South Caucasus is being discussed…
But we need to continue to study what will happen in a volumetric sense…
There is still work to be done in terms of motorways…
According to Papikyan, the road will...
And we believe that this status of the road does a lot of damage to the economy, trade, and tourism…
“We reviewed the current situation and the future of our good relations and other issues of interest," Seyed Abbas Mousavi tweeted…
Tehran hopes that the disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over general delimitation will be resolved in peaceful atmosphere…
Gnel Sanosyan received Asset Assavbayev, who is on a working visit to Armenia…
If the current trends continue…
The road through Lachin provides a connection between Armenia and Artsakh...
The road under I technical category will...
The Russian FM added that the activities of the Russian-Turkish center for peace monitoring in Karabakh are a very useful and stabilizing factor…
Especially when it comes to the motorway with Iran…
The project will be implemented with the means by the Asian Development Bank and the European Investment Bank…
“This first and foremost depends on...
The Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development…
The acting Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure received an Iranian delegation, led by the Minister of Roads and Urban Development…
As part of the second additional funding program to improve the vital road network of the country…
The Prime Minister spoke about the impossibility of giving [Azerbaijan] a corridor via [Armenia’s] Zangezur…
"It is ruled out that I will discuss the issue of the corridor,” said Deputy PM Grigoryan…
The only land route from Armenia to...
He noted that this railway will pass through Jordan and Saudi Arabia...
The Parliament of Abkhazia had addressed...
Milliyet also reports that nearly...
We welcome the de-blockage of transport communications…
A respective agreement was signed at the 14th meeting of the Azerbaijani-Iranian commission on economic, trade, and humanitarian cooperation…
He highlighted the need to exchange experience between the railway workers...
On the Russian-Georgian border…
By the decision of the Armenian government...
During today’s session, the Armenian government adopted...