Public Television, Armenia
Oct 31 2007

New checkpoint opens on Armenian-Georgian border

LENGTH: 354 words

[Presenter] The 125-km border between Armenia and Georgia has yet to
be demarcated. The disputed Debet valley between the two countries
will be divided by the Armenian-Georgian commission. But before that,
a section of the border, where border guards serve, is being
renovated.

[Correspondent] A new checkpoint has been constructed near the village
of Dzyunashogh on the Armenian-Georgian border. The checkpoint has
been provided with a clean and large barracks, lecture rooms, a
bathroom and a sitting room. Officers and their families will not feel
bored any more.

[Armenian Border Troops Commander Maj-Gen Armen Abrahamyan]
Improvements in servicemen’s social life make it possible to increase
the quality of military service. If before officers slept in their
rooms, now every

The apartments have been provided with good furniture. Similar
apartments are planned to be built along the whole Armenian-Georgian
border within three years and the commander of the border troops hopes
that some disputed sectors on the border between Armenia and Georgia
will be resolved by that time.

[Abrahamyan] As sections of the border are demarcated, stage-by-stage
construction work is carried out there. The 125-km sector of the
border has yet to be demarcated by the Armenian-Georgian
commission. The most controversial area includes some parts of the
former Tumanyan District, a forested mountain area and the Debet river
valley.

[Correspondent] Describing the situation in this sector of the
Armenian-Georgian border as being averagely complicated, the commander
said that the situation there is calm, especially in winter, but in
summer cases of smuggling start to increase. He added that in order to
make the border more controllable, new modern equipment will be
installed there.