The Messenger, Georgia
Jan 10 2005

Georgian-Russian border problem remains unsolved

24-Saati reports that the Minister of Economy Aleksi Aleksishvili
thinks that the arguments over the halted cars and buses on the
Russian-Georgian border is groundless. According to him, the
Mtskheta-Kazbegi-Larsi-Russia highway is a very difficult route from
the standpoint of geography and weather.
That is why, he states, the movement of large buses and cars without
any special equipment during the winter on the highway is prohibited.
He stressed that drivers of the buses were informed about this. “The
problem is that these people wanted to cross the border by bribing
the employees there. These people can cross the border by other
means,” he stated.
The Chair of the Road Department Roman Dalakishvili thinks that such
a situation on the highway will last until April 15. It is already
two weeks that 7 large buses coming from Armenian have been stopped
at the border. Passengers are demanding to cross the border
immediately.