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Itar-Tass January 18, 2010 Nicaragua invites Russia to help build canal between Atlantic, Pacific Oceans MOSCOW: Nicaragua has asked Russia to join in the construction of a ship canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. This issue was discussed at a meeting between Russian Deputy Transport Minister Sergei Aristov and his Nicaraguan Deputy Foreign Minister Manuel Coronel Kautz on Monday. “The Nicaraguan side asked the Russian side to participate in the construction of the canal running across Nicaragua and linking the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans,” a Transport Ministry spokesman said. According to an expert assessment, the project will costs 18 billion U.S. dollars. Aristov said this issue would require further examination due to a change in economic conditions and the financial situation in the world, as well as in connection with the start of renovation work on the Panama Canal. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
