Pashinyan tells Russian deputy PM that Armenia ready for reopening of transport .links in South Caucasus

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15.12.2023, 12:16

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk on Friday, the government press service reported.

Pashinyan tells Russian deputy PM that Armenia ready for reopening of transport .links in South Caucasus

YEREVAN, December 15. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk on Friday, the government press service reported.

Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan also participated in the meeting. The parties were said to discuss Armenian-Russian relations, including economic cooperation between the two countries, as well as some issues related to cooperation in the Eurasian Economic Union format.

Possibilities of reopening transportation and economic communications in the South Caucasus were discussed.

Pashinyan spoke about the Armenian government’s project called Crossroads of Peace saying that Yerevan was ready to reopen regional transportation infrastructures based on the principles of sovereignty, jurisdiction, equality and reciprocity. -0-

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