ARMENIA RAISED CUSTOMS PAYMENTS FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES FROM JAVAKHETIA
PanARMENIAN.net
06.05.2005 04:23
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Since May 1 the passenger vehicles arriving in
Armenia from the Armenian-populated Georgian region of Javakhetia
should pay 37 thousand drams instead of former 21 thousand as
a customs payments, A-info agency reported. Yesterday mini bases
conveying people from Javakhetia to Armenia were kept at the Armenian
customs point of Bavra at the Armenian-Georgian border for about 5
hours. The Armenian customs officers said that for entering Armenia
a special interparliamentary agreement or 37 thousand AMD entry
payment is needed. Such a demand aroused the indignation of the
drivers and passengers, as the rise in tariffs will immediately tell
on the social conditions of the Armenians of Javakhetia. It should be
noted that at the end of 2004 the Georgian parliament adopted a new
tax code providing for lower taxes imposed on the foreign citizens
at entering Georgia. (The maximal payment is fixed at 10 Laris)