During the briefing dedicated to the issues of the restoration of railway communication in the Transcaucasus Russian Minister of Transport Igor Levitin stated that “Presidents of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as heads of transport departments and representative of business circles offered support to the project on the rehabilitation of the transport communication between our countries”, press service of the Russian Transport Ministry reports. I. Levitin also said Russia realizes the great importance of the Transcaucasian region. In the words of the Russian Minister, “the opening of through communication will become a strong impulse for the economic development of the region and will provide the possibility to increase the flow of cargoes, shorten the terms of cargo transportation as well as reduce the expenses, what will bring to the creation of new workplaces”, I. Levitin stated. He also noted that the development of the transport communication will allow the quicker solutions of political issues. According to him, “from the economic viewpoint the cargo transportation via Abkhazian railway is more profitable as compared to the sea and vehicle transportation. However there exists another aspect of the problem: the transport systems providing for the development of the Asia-Europe transit leaving out the transport infrastructure of Russia and Transcaucasus are in the process of formation at present”. “If we do not address the problem immediately we can lose great transport flows”, Levitin underscored. The Minister also noted that the ferry crossing in the port of Caucasus can become a key base for the cargo transportation between Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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