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Expert: Armenia can't rely only on Stepantsminda-Lars motorway for
transporting its cargoes
YEREVAN, September 2. /ARKA/. Armenia can't rely only on the
Stepantsminda-Lars motorway for transporting its cargoes, Vazgen
Safaryan, chairman of the Union of Domestic Commodity Producers, said
at a news conference on Tuesday.
The road section near Upper Lars border checkpoint was closed on
August 20 because of landslides. On August 30, traffic on this section
resumed.
"The latest landslide has affected trade turnover between Armenia and
Russia," Safaryan said. "It is still a good thing that traffic here
has resumed quickly, but unfortunately, such problems occur
periodically."
Before that, Kazbegi-Upper Lars section on Georgian Military Road was
blocked on May 17 and traffic here ceased for one month leaving
Armenia without its ground transportation link with Russia.
Safaryan is convinced that construction of a tunnel may solve the
problem. "The project of the tunnel construction is not new, but it
was hampered by two world wars and the Soviet Union's collapse," he
said.
The expert pointed out construction of a railway connecting Armenia
with Russia through Iran and resumption of railway traffic through
Abkhazia as other solutions to the problem.
It was reported earlier, that Abkhazia has no objections against this
prospect, but the idea can be discussed only after recognition of
Abkhazia's independence. --0----
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From: A. Papazian
transporting its cargoes
YEREVAN, September 2. /ARKA/. Armenia can't rely only on the
Stepantsminda-Lars motorway for transporting its cargoes, Vazgen
Safaryan, chairman of the Union of Domestic Commodity Producers, said
at a news conference on Tuesday.
The road section near Upper Lars border checkpoint was closed on
August 20 because of landslides. On August 30, traffic on this section
resumed.
"The latest landslide has affected trade turnover between Armenia and
Russia," Safaryan said. "It is still a good thing that traffic here
has resumed quickly, but unfortunately, such problems occur
periodically."
Before that, Kazbegi-Upper Lars section on Georgian Military Road was
blocked on May 17 and traffic here ceased for one month leaving
Armenia without its ground transportation link with Russia.
Safaryan is convinced that construction of a tunnel may solve the
problem. "The project of the tunnel construction is not new, but it
was hampered by two world wars and the Soviet Union's collapse," he
said.
The expert pointed out construction of a railway connecting Armenia
with Russia through Iran and resumption of railway traffic through
Abkhazia as other solutions to the problem.
It was reported earlier, that Abkhazia has no objections against this
prospect, but the idea can be discussed only after recognition of
Abkhazia's independence. --0----
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/expert_armenia_can_t_rely_only_on_stepantsminda_la rs_motorway_for_transporting_its_cargoes/#sthash.4qrJ5mE7.dpuf
From: A. Papazian