By John Lee. A high-level Libyan delegation is reportedly planning to visit Russia soon to discuss resuming construction of the Sirte-Benghazi railway. Nasir Shaglan, Economy and Industry Minister in the Government of National Accord (GNA) told Russia's Kommersant newspaper that he held "wonderful negotiations" with the Russian Railways (RZhD) company earlier in September. He is quoted as […]
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Russia still planning Rail Line between Sirte & Benghazi
By John Lee. Russia is currently drawing a map of the planned railway line between Sirte and Benghazi with a view to resuming the project. Lev Dengov (pictured), the Head of the Russian Contact Group on Intra-Libyan Settlement, told Egypt Today: "The contract for building the railway lines between Sirte and Benghazi was signed before […]
Work may resume on Sirte-Benghazi Railway
By Aref Nayed on 7th March 2017 in Construction & Engineering, Public Works, Transportation, Uncategorized
By John Lee. Libya Herald reports that Russia and Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) have agreed to set up a "Libyan Russian Business Council" to restart stalled Russian projects, including the 554-kilometre Sirte-Benghazi railway. The announcement came following a meeting in Moscow between GNA President Fayez Serraj and Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, […]
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Libya to Resume Work on Sirt-Benghazi Railway
The Vice-President of Russian Railways, Alexander Saltanov (pictured), has told journalists that Libya is indicating that it would like to resume construction of the Sirt-Benghazi railway. The company was building the railroad, which was to run along the Mediterranean coast and join several large cities, later becoming part of an international transport corridor in the […]
Libyan War Brought $610mln Losses to Russian Railways
Russian Railways have more than $610mln of investment “frozen” due to the civil war in Libya, Vladimir Yakunin, the CEO of Russian railways has revealed. Despite that the company is ready to develop other projects in the Middle East. When last year’s civil war in Libya broke out, Russian Railways had to stop building the […]
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