YEREVAN, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to the transfer of Armenian railway for concessional management were discussed at the May 23 working meeting of the Armenian president Robert Kocharian and the RA minister of transport and communication Andranik Manukian. NT was informed from the RA president's press service that R. Kocharian underlined the necessity of controlling this process. A. Manukian also informed the president about the process of constructing the Meghri-Kapan interstate road, saying that it will be completed in September. They discussed the construction of a new road section in Tavush marz, which will bypass the previous border road considered as dangerous. According to the minister, the new road will be put into operation in August. The interlocutors addressed the issue of organizing the restoration of roads destroyed by spring floods. The president instructed A. Manukian to establish strict control over the quality of road construction and finish it within the envisaged period.

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