Armenia-bound goods will continue to arrive from Russia, despite Russia’s decision to close all its borders
29.03.2020,
06:30
Armenia-bound goods will continue to arrive from Russia, despite Russia’s decision to close all its borders, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Saturday during a live Facebook broadcasting.
YEREVAN, March 29. /ARKA/. Armenia-bound goods will continue to arrive from Russia, despite Russia’s decision to close all its borders, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Saturday during a live Facebook broadcasting.
Russia said that starting March 30 it will impose temporary restrictions on traffic through automobile, railway, pedestrian and other checkpoints across the state borders.
Pashinyan said the unimpeded delivery of goods from Russia to Armenia and from Armenia to Russia was confirmed during a phone conversation he had on Saturday with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Pashinyan said also that Armenian government is actively working with Russian and Georgian colleagues to normalize freight traffic through the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian-Russian border where due to bad weather conditions a long queue of trucks has formed.
“I’m sure that as a result of intensive work in the coming days, we can solve the problem,” the prime minister said.
The Armenian government said later that Nikol Pashinyan and Mishustin discussed also the measures taken to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
Armenia declared a 30-day state of emergency on March 16. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who is coordinating the state of emergency, ordered on March 24 to impose new, stringent restrictions on the movement of citizens and banned temporarily also some types of economic activity.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Armenia as of late March 28 rose by 35 to 407. The government’s Unified Info Center said that thirty individuals have recovered, another thirteen individuals with pneumonia are being treated at the Nork Infectious Diseases Hospital.
In the meantime, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said in a Facebook posting that two more coronavirus-infected patients, a 73-year old man and 55-year old woman, who suffered also from other chronic diseases died on March 29 at Nork Hospital. Earlier, a 72 year-old woman who also suffered from chronic diseases died from coronavirus infection.-0-
Russia said that starting March 30 it will impose temporary restrictions on traffic through automobile, railway, pedestrian and other checkpoints across the state borders.
Pashinyan said the unimpeded delivery of goods from Russia to Armenia and from Armenia to Russia was confirmed during a phone conversation he had on Saturday with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Pashinyan said also that Armenian government is actively working with Russian and Georgian colleagues to normalize freight traffic through the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian-Russian border where due to bad weather conditions a long queue of trucks has formed.
“I’m sure that as a result of intensive work in the coming days, we can solve the problem,” the prime minister said.
The Armenian government said later that Nikol Pashinyan and Mishustin discussed also the measures taken to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
Armenia declared a 30-day state of emergency on March 16. Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who is coordinating the state of emergency, ordered on March 24 to impose new, stringent restrictions on the movement of citizens and banned temporarily also some types of economic activity.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Armenia as of late March 28 rose by 35 to 407. The government’s Unified Info Center said that thirty individuals have recovered, another thirteen individuals with pneumonia are being treated at the Nork Infectious Diseases Hospital.
In the meantime, Health Minister Arsen Torosyan said in a Facebook posting that two more coronavirus-infected patients, a 73-year old man and 55-year old woman, who suffered also from other chronic diseases died on March 29 at Nork Hospital. Earlier, a 72 year-old woman who also suffered from chronic diseases died from coronavirus infection.-0-
