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Armenia doesn’t comment Russia-Georgia talks on alternative route to Upper Lars

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Armenia doesn’t comment Russia-Georgia talks on alternative route to Upper Lars

Armenia’s minister of transport, communication and information technologies Hakob Arshakyan doesn’t comment on the talks between Russia and Georgia over the alternative route to Upper Lars, reports Armenpress.

“We have been asked this question for many times, but we have tried not to comment and now as well we will not comment. I can only state that it is a very important project for Armenia. However, we avoid making any comment in order not to harm the negotiation processes, given that it is not an Armenia-Georgia or Armenia-Russia bilateral border, but a border of two different partner states. And we want to interfere less and not to comment”, the minister told reporters after today’s Cabinet session.

On February 4 the Russian Kommersant informed that Moscow and Tbilisi have completed the discussions on launching an alternative land route vital for Armenia. The sides have completed the procedures on implementing the provisions of the agreement on Customs administration and Monitoring mechanisms for the trade of goods. The agreement enables to use the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia for trade and transit. It was signed in Geneva in 2011.“Russia joined the World Health Organization in 2012, but the agreement with Georgia, which supposes formation of three trade corridors between the two cou...

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