TBILISI: More About Larsi Checkpoint

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

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS