ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS OPENING OF BORDER CROSSING ON GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN BORDER WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON REGIONAL ECONOMY

ARKA
Dec 2, 2009

YEREVAN, December 2, /ARKA/. Armenian prime minister Tigran Sarkisian
said the opening of a border crossing on Georgian-Russian border will
have a positive impact on Armenian and regional economies.

"The possible opening of Kazbegi-Upper Lars border crossing for traffic
will have a positive impact on the regional economy and will reinforce
Georgia’s role of a transit country,’ the prime minister said during
a meting with Georgian ambassador Grigory Tabatadze.

Russia closed the border crossing, the only overland conduit for
Armenia to connect with Russia and other countries, in 2006 under
the pretext of repair.

In May Russia said it completed the repair of the border check point,
which still is closed due to complicated relations between Georgia
and Russia.

The government press office said while speaking about the issue
of Armenian churches in Georgia, Tigran Sarkisian emphasized the
importance of taking measures to restore the Saint Gevorg of Mughni
Church in Tbilisi.

It said the two men discussed also the activity of the
Armenian-Georgian Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission, which is
scheduled to hold its next sitting in Yerevan at the beginning of 2010.

During the meeting reference was made to the successful conduct of the
Georgian Culture Days in Armenia. The Armenian Prime Minister said
he hopes the Armenian Culture Days will pass with the same success
in Georgia next year.