KAZBEGI OPENS TODAY

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
04.09.2009 16:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Kazbegi check-point, located on the Georgian Military
Highway at the Russian border near the Lars international automobile
checkpoint, opens today.

Movement through Kazbegi – Upper Lars was shut down by the Russian
side in July of 2006. The closure was caused by the need to repair the
check-point and its equipment in line with modern standards. In early
May, the ceremony of completing the construction of the international
automobile checkpoint Upper Lars – the only one along the border
between Russia and Georgia. Resumption of the works is complicated
by the lack of diplomatic relations between Russia and Georgia.

$ 2.4 million was allocated for the construction of the post,
supervised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

U.S. express confidence that in future Kazbegi checkpoint will promote
economic development on both sides of the border.

The opening of a new checkpoint was attended by U.S. Ambassador
to Georgia John Tefft, the Minister of Finance of Georgia Kakha
Baindurashvili, heads of Border and Patrol Police Zaza Gogava and
George Grigalashvili, News-Georgia reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress