GEORGIAN SIDE LEFT ARMENIA WITHOUT ANSWERS

Aysor.am
Friday,August 07, 2009

The competent bodies of Georgia have not given any answer to the RA
Government and the Ministry of Agriculture concerning the prevention
of exported potatoes to Georgia. As the Deputy Minister of Agriculture
of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Samvel Galstyan told to Aysor.am the
talks to Georgian side didn’t bring to any result and the boarders
kept being closed.

During the last 5 years in Armenia had produced around 539 thousand
tones of potato each year, and last year 648 thousand tones of potato,
which makes around 35 thousand hectares.

The Deputy Minister reminded that this year till the end of March
the boarder with Georgia was opened, but on April because of non
official information that potato pests are found there they closed
the opportunity of importing the potato into the Georgian republic.

In 2008 From the Gegharquniq region 3500 tones of potatoes have been
exported, while this year before closing the boarder have been exported
1500 tones of potatoes.