Artur Baghdasaryan surprises authorities of Abkhazia
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Saturday, September 7, 13:53
The authorities of Abkhazia are surprised at Secretary of the Armenian
National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan’s statement that Abkhazia
has allegedly given its consent to opening of the former Transcaucasus
railway service, Kristian Bzhania, Spokesman of the President of
Abkhazia, said on September 6.
Earlier Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council Artur
Baghdasaryan said that Russia, Georgia and Abkhazia had given their
consent to the opening of the Abkhazian railway section. According to
RIA Novosti, the authorities of Abkhazia have announced that
Baghdasaryan’s statement has nothing to do with the reality.
Kristian Bzhania said that the issue had been raised neither within
the frames of the Abkhazian-Russian dialogue nor in any other format.
He stressed also that it was not an “Abkhazian railway section”, but
an “Abkhazian railway”.
The Administration of the President of Abkhazia has specified that the
President of Abkhazia and Russia discussed the railway issue neither
in Sochi nor in Pitsunda.
To note, the opening of the railway is of strategic importance to
Armenia, because it is the shortest and the cheapest way to Russia.
The railway service via Abkhazia was closed following the conflict of
1992-1993.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
