YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS: A senior official of Armenian transport and communication ministry told Armenpress that Armenia and Iran cancelled talks on construction of a tunnel in southern Armenian Kajaran that was supposed to provide a short and safe overland road. The official, Eduard Karapetian, who is head of a ministry’s department supervising investment projects, said the construction was estimated to cost between $50-$60 million. He said Armenian turned down terms of a loan that was promised by Iran, as they were “business loans.”
He said Armenia does not have enough money to finance the construction all alone. The official said instead a new road may be constructed. He said some 40 million drams earmarked by 2005 draft budget for preparing a feasibility plan for Kajaran tunnel will be directed for construction of an alternative road.
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