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Armenia to have customs attaché to be deployed at Georgian-Russian border

30.01.2020, 15:45
The government of Armenia approved today the appointment of Aram Tananyan as Armenia's customs attaché at the country's embassy in Russia.

Armenia to have customs attaché to be deployed at Georgian-Russian border
YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. The government of Armenia approved today the appointment of Aram Tananyan as Armenia's customs attaché at the country's embassy in Russia.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the customs attaché will be deployed at the Upper Lars Georgian-Russian border crossing to help Armenian importers resolve all the problems that will arise.

According to the head of the State Revenue Committee David Ananyan,  the decision was prompted by a string of problems Armenian entrepreneurs encounter at the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian-Russian border.

Armenian exporters say the bulk of these problems are created by Russian customs officers. The customs attaché's mission will be to help address the problems of Armenian entrepreneurs that will be arising at the check point.

The customs attaché will be appointed for a period of three years with the possibility of extension for one year. The attaché will be deployed in the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Russian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, not far from the border checkpoint.

The Upper Lars is the only overland conduit to the outside world for Armenian businesses because of transportation blockade by Azerbaijan and Turkey.

Armenian exporters have been complaining for years that Russian customs officers create problems for transit of goods through the checkpoint. -0-