Russia may open “green corridor" for Armenian trucks at Upper Lars border crossing
26.11.2014,
15:34
Russia may open a "green corridor" for Armenian trucks at Upper Lars border crossing on its frontier with Georgia, Gagik Kocharyan, a senior official of the Armenian economy ministry, said today at a discussion on Armenian exports to the Eurasian Economic Union, organized by the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia.
YEREVAN, November 26. / ARKA /. Russia may open a "green corridor" for Armenian trucks at Upper Lars border crossing on its frontier with Georgia, Gagik Kocharyan, a senior official of the Armenian economy ministry, said today at a discussion on Armenian exports to the Eurasian Economic Union, organized by the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia.
The Upper Lars is the only overland conduit to the outside world for Armenian businessman. It is of utmost importance for Armenia which is subjected to transportation blockade by Azerbaijan and Turkey.
According to Kocharyan, Armenian diplomats in Russia are discussing now the green corridor "issue with the Russian side.
In turn, the chairman of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Arsen Ghazaryan, said Armenian business people are facing problems now when going through the Upper Lars crossing because of the large number of trucks.
"Since Turkey did not join the Western sanctions against Russia, it has significantly increased its exports to the Russian Federation, carried out mainly by trucks. As a result Armenian trucks have to stand on long lines at the checkpoint,” said Ghazaryan.-0-
