GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA: WE SHALL CREATE ALL THE CONDITIONS FOR THE ARMENIAN EXPORT AND IMPORT VIA BATUMI, IF IT IS NOT RUINED BY RUSSIAN AVIATION

arminfo
2008-08-11 15:17:00

ArmInfo. ‘We shall create all the conditions for the Armenian export
and import via Batumi, if it is not ruined by Russian aviation’,
– Georgian Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Armenia
Revaz Gachechiladze told ArmInfo correspondent.

Asked if the situation around South Osetia will affect Armenia and
lead to worsening of the blockade, the ambassador replied ‘this a very
unfavourable situation for Armenia’. ‘I am very sorry for worsening of
situation in Armenia… I can say nothing about Verkhiy Lars checking
point, as everything is ready from our side and it still remains closed
not because of us. We were event ready to open the railway via Abkhazia
but the opposite side is against it. I still hope that reason will
win and battle action will end, Russian troops will return home and
we shall get an opportunity to develop peacefully’, – the ambassador
said. When commenting on bombing port Poti the ambassador said it also
was a strong blow at the economy of Georgia. ‘I think at the Armenian
economy too, since if port Poti and Verkhiy Lars checking point remain
closed, in that case the contact ways of Armenia with external world
will be limited. As for the cargo, it will also suffer as the port
infrastructure has been ruined much>, – the ambassador said.