Armenia’s FM to visit Iran

Forty-five thousand tons of cargo, including from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan, have already been transported to Armenia via Azerbaijan, according to Oleg Shatalov, First Deputy General Director of the South Caucasus Railway.

Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received a team from the American engineering and consulting firm AECOM, delegated to Armenia by the U.S. State Department's Global Infrastructure and Investment Partnership Fund to begin site survey work for the TRIPP project.

Direct customs trade between Armenia and Turkey has become possible, without the need for re-clearance.

The prospects for launching the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP) project are bleak given the Iran-US conflict, Mikhail Kalugin, Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS Countries at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS in an interview.

Moscow disagrees with the assertion that Russian management of Armenian railways limits Armenia's competitive advantages, Mikhail Kalugin, Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS Countries at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS.

Mikhail Kalugin, Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS Countries at the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that Yerevan's "so-called European path" could lead to systemic changes in relations with Moscow.