GRIGOR TABATADZE: GEORGIA HAS OPENED UPPER LARS FOR NEIGHBORS
Anna Nazaryan

"Radiolur"
11.03.2010 17:36

Georgians have opened the Upper Lars checkpoint for neighbors,
Georgia will in no way benefit from the opening of the checkpoint,
Georgia’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia
Grigor Tabatadze told a press conference in Yerevan.

The Ambassador assessed the Armenian-Georgian relations as brotherly
and clarified that the opening of the checkpoint cannot be viewed
as a start of Russian-Georgian relations. "Georgia is not about to
refuse from its principles," Tabatadze said. "It will take place only
if when Russia reviews the recognition of Abkhazia and Ossetia and
withdraws its military bases," he added.

According to the Ambassador, the Georgian Government finances 144
Armenian schools on the Georgian territory. He said Georgia has spent
$108 mln to improve the social-economic situation in Javakhk,a number
of Armenian schools have been renovated.

Grigor Tabatadze informed that the reconstruction of the collapsed
Armenian St. Gevorg Church of Mughni would start soon.