PanARMENIAN.Net – The restoration of the Yeraskh – Julfa (Jugha) – Ordubad – Meghri – Horadiz railway on the territory of Armenia will cost about $226 million, Sputnik Armenia cited the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures as saying on Tuesday, December 28.
According to preliminary data, construction of the rail route with a length of about 45 kilometers in Meghri will cost some $221 million. A further $5 million will be required to restore the rail section near Yeraskh (about 1 kilometer).
At the same time, the ministry added that a feasibility study is necessary is necessary to determine the exact price of the new infrastructure.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in mid-December that at a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels the sides have reaffirmed their agreement to build a rail route from Armenia to Azerbaijan through Nakhijevan.
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