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    ARMENIA TO BENEFIT FROM UPPER LARS CHECKPOINT

    news.am
    nov 6 2009
    Armenia

    The opening of the Upper Lars checkpoint depends in Russia's consent
    to lift, or at least mitigates, the embargo on Georgian products,
    Shirak Torosyan, the Head of the Javakhk Union and member of the RA
    Parliament, told NEWS.am.

    He stressed that Armenia is the first to get economic benefits from
    the opening of the checkpoint, as it is the only road connecting
    Armenia with Russia. "Moreover, almost simultaneous opening of the
    Armenian-Turkish border and the Upper Lars checkpoint ill create
    transit competition in the region, which, in turn, cause a fall
    in cargo transportation prices both in Georgia and in Turkey,"
    Torosyan said.

    The Armenian, Russian and Georgian Foreign Offices confirmed a
    trilateral meeting in Yerevan, which discussed the opening of the
    Upper Lars checkpoint, with Armenia acting as mediator. A source at
    the Georgian Foreign Office pointed out that Georgia will open the
    checkpoint provided Russia removed the embargo on Georgian products.

    In its turn, the Russian Foreign Office refutes Georgia's
    preconditions. The Armenian Foreign Office welcomed the possibility
    of a compromise.

    The land border between Russia and Georgia was closed in 2006 after
    Russian officers were arrested in Tbilisi on a charge of espionage.

    Russia imposed an embargo on Georgian products and closed the Upper
    Lars checkpoint pleading the construction of a new terminal. Late last
    year, Moscow informed the Georgian Foreign Office that the construction
    had been completed and the terminal designed to serve 400 vehicles
    daily opened. The Georgian side, however, demanded negotiations in
    Geneva, through Swiss mediation, which proved unacceptable to Moscow.
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