To develop cooperation with South Caucasus Railway (SCR) the representatives of JSC "Railway of Yakutia" visited Armenia, the SCR website says.
On August 29th the CEO of SCR Victor Rebets recieved Mary Atamanchuk, Ludmilla Alekseeva, the advisor to CEO and the head of marketing and contract work. They discussed the prospects for cooperation between the two subsidiaries of Russian Railways.
During the meeting the parties discussed the implementation of joint projects in the sphere of professional activity, humanitarian, social and educational fields and discussed the process of preparation of the Agreement on Cooperation between the two companies. In particular due to this agreement the accumulated an exchange of experience between Armenia and Yakutia's railway administrations will be implemented in the spheres of organization of rail freight and passenger services , maintenance of rolling stock, insuring of traffic safety. The parties will also cooperate in the field of information and PR policy, corporate procedures and management activities. The agreement pays particular attention to cultural and educational activities, work with children, youth and family members of the employees of SCR and YR. Mainly, the parties will cooperate in organizing various sports activities, development of coaching, recreation and leisure of railway employees, their children and families.
The other areas of cooperation between the two companies also includ the military- patriotic education of the youth, the strengthening of friendly intercultural relations, uniting various volunteer patriotic, veterans, movements, community initiatives, creation and development of human resources, development of contacts between the trade unions.
This is not the first visit of the Delegation of the railway Yakutia. Last year in March the CEO of Railway of Yakutia Vasiliy Shimokhin visited SCR. He considered the technology used in the diagnosis of the Armenian railroad, the system of training of specialists in this field, their applicability to the Amur-Yakutian railway. As V. Shimokhin noted during the visit SCR and Yakutia Railway have many features in common: both companies were the subsidiaries and dependent companies of JSC "Russian Railways", they had almost equal volumes of passenger and freight traffic, and SCR problems and challenges are also relevant to the Amur- Yakutia railway. During the visit of V. Shimokhin SCR and RY heads also visited the railway station of Yerevan, considered the process of the development of the railway station complex of Armenia, held a brief meeting to discuss mutual cooperation.