Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has reconfirmed his government’s plans to implement several joint projects with Armenia, including the construction of a railway from Iran to Armenia. Regarding the construction of the railway Zarif said the sides had effective negotiations and good decisions were taken. „We hope that we will kick off the project as soon as possible,”he said.
The 305 kilometer-long railway from Armenia to Iran, to be named the Southern Armenian Railway (SAR), is estimated to cost some USD 3.2 billion. The high cost of the project is due to the mountainous terrain through which it is supposed to pass.
Specifically, it will have 19.6 km-long 64 bridges and 60 tunnels of 102.3 kilometres. The railway is to run from Gagarin station in Armenia’s Gegharkunik province to Agarak in southern Syunik and may transport up to 25 million tons of cargo a year.
The Armenian government says the Southern Armenia Railway will create the shortest transportation route from the ports of the Black Sea to the ports of the Persian Gulf and establish a major commodities transit corridor between Europe and the Persian Gulf.
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