Russian Railways restoring Armenia's railways

Russian Railways has started the recovery work for railways inside Armenia and between Armenia and Georgia, Andrey Matveev, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk's press secretary Andrey Matveev said.

"Russian specialists will endeavor to restore the railway communication of Armenia with the external world as soon as practicable. Considering importance of the railway to provide the Armenian people with vitally important goods, the Russian Federation allocates funds for the restoration," Andrey Matveev said.

Specialists of Russian Railways promptly started work on restoration of internal and the only international railway line between Armenia and Georgia, disrupted as a result of the natural disaster on May 25-26 in the territory of Armenia's Lori and Tavush regions in line with arrangements reached between Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk and Vice Prime Minister Mger Grigoryan.

Russia allocates funds for restoration of the railway service in Armenia.

Rail track in Armenia were damaged in eight points with the total length up to two kilometers due to the flood.