MORE ABOUT LARSI CHECKPOINT

The Messenger
March 12 2010
Georgia

As is known the Georgian leadership has stressed that the major
incentive for reopening the Larsi checkpoint at the Georgian-Russian
border was catering for Armenia’s interests. We can see however that
Armenian interests indirectly coincide with Russian interests.

A bitter joke which has recently become popular in Georgia is that the
Larsi Armenian-Russian border has been opened. Statistics do show that
mostly Armenian and Russian citizens have crossed this border in the
last week. Rezonansi states that only two Georgians have crossed it,
one in each direction.

Russian political analyst Sergey Makedonov thinks that the opening
of the Larsi checkpoint has indirectly delayed the signing and
ratifying of the Turkey-Armenia protocols on reestablishing diplomatic
relations. He also thinks that the opening of the Larsi checkpoint
will positively influence Armenia’s economic development. Therefore
he thinks that the speed with which Armenia wanted the Turkish side
to ratify the protocols is not now as necessary as it would have been
if the Larsi checkpoint had not been reopened.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress