Armenian and Turkish Officials to Discuss Railway Restoration in Upcoming Meeting

An Armenian official announced on Tuesday that a new meeting with Turkish authorities will be held soon to discuss the restoration and relaunch of the Gyumri-Kars railway.

Vice Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan, who is the Armenian Special Representative for Normalization with Türkiye, made the announcement at a press briefing, The Caspian Post reports citing Armenian media.

"An interdepartmental meeting on the restoration and relaunch of the Gyumri-Kars railway will take place in the near future. Further details will be provided afterward,” he told reporters.

Earlier in September, Rubinyan met with his Turkish counterpart, Serdar Kılıç, in Yerevan. A readout issued after the meeting noted that they agreed that the relevant authorities of both countries would conduct the necessary technical studies for the "rehabilitation and operationalization of the Gyumri-Kars railway and electricity interconnector."