Armenia establishes working group to address railway management issues

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has established a working group to discuss issues related to the efficiency of the concession management of South Caucasus Railway CJSC, identify possible solutions within three months, and clarify further steps.

The railway is operated by Russia through Russian Railways. The agreement to establish the working group was reached following the October 14 meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Oleg Belozyorov, Director General and Chairman of the Management Board of Russian Railways.

Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Davit Ivanyan has been appointed head of the working group.

The working group also includes Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Mnatsakan Safaryan; Deputy Finance Minister Edgar Mkrtchyan; Artak Papyan, head of the Railway and Water Transport Policy Department of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure; Russian Deputy Transport Minister Alexey Shilo; Vyacheslav Pavlovsky, Deputy Director General of Russian Railways OJSC; Anton Kozlov, head of the Department for Foreign Projects and International Cooperation at Russian Railways OJSC; and Alexey Melnikov, Director General of South Caucasus Railway CJSC.