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    TBILISI: ARMENIA AND GEORGIA NEGOTIATE OVER UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT

    Tert
    Nov 2 2009
    Armenia

    Tbilisi accuses Moscow for circulating disinformation on opening
    Upper Lars checkpoint between Georgia and Russia, reports Georgian
    news agency GHN.

    "Russia circulated information that allegedly Georgia and Russia are
    negotiating over the Lars checkpoint. That is disinformation. No
    negotiations are being held with Russia," Deputy Georgian Foreign
    Minister Nino Kalandadze told journalists today.

    According to Kalandadze, "the Georgian side may make concessions,"
    but only after Russia meets the terms which Tbilisi sets to Moscow
    concerning the checkpoint.

    At the same time, Kalandadze stated that at the present moment
    negotiations over the issue are held not with Russia but with Armenia.

    "We made arrangements with Armenia that we would begin technical
    negotiations on Lars, and we have begun, though Russia is creating
    certain problems," Kalandadze stated.

    Communication through Upper Lars had come to a halt in the summer of
    2006. At that time, Moscow had officially explained closing of the
    checkpoint by the fact that it didn't correspond to international
    requirements and needed reconstruction.
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