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Azatutyun Radiokayan (25 December 2025)

Shoghik Galstian - Ruzanna Stepanian

Three days after his latest visit to Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday renewed his calls for the Russian operator of Armenia’s railway network to quickly restore its sections leading to the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders.

Russia's state-owned railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZhD) runs the network under a long-term management contract signed with the Armenian government in 2008.

“We hope that the Russian partners will carry out these works as quickly as possible,” Pashinian told reporters. “If suddenly there are any obstacles related to this, if any other issues arise … I have also expressed the Armenian government’s readiness to take over these sections, that is, withdraw them from the [2008] concession.”

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