ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES TRANSPORT AGREEMENT WITH GEORGIA

Armenpress
Jun 13 2006

YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS: Armenian parliament has ratified today an
agreement on Automobile Communication Between Armenia and Georgia. It
was signed in Tbilisi on April 25 of 2006.

The agreement exempts Armenian and Georgian traffic of customs
payments when they travel through the other’s territory. It also
exempts transit traffic to these countries form customs payments. This
means for example, that a Georgian citizen or a company can cross the
Armenian border by a truck or car without paying customs and other
payments and move freely across Armenian and vice versa. Also trucks
bound for Georgia, for example, from Iran, enjoy the same right.

The agreement, however, has some provisions concerning transportation
of hazardous materials which must be reconciled in advance. Armenian
transport and communication minister Andranik Manukian, who presented
the agreement to lawmakers, said it is aimed at developing cooperation
between Armenia and Georgia.