Wednesday, March 18 2020 11:53

ArmInfo.Anna Naghdalyan, spokeswoman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry, made an explanation regarding the new procedure for the entry of Georgian citizens and  trucks into Georgia.

Thus, the report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic  of Armenia once again emphasizes that according to the agreements  reached between the governments of the Republic of Armenia and  Georgia, freight traffic will continue uninterruptedly.

The ministry also recalled that representatives of the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Georgia and Russia have repeatedly  reported in recent days that due to adverse weather conditions, the  section of the Gudauri-Gobi road leading to the Verkhny Lars  checkpoint remains closed.

"At the same time, we would like to remind you that the entry of RA  citizens into the territory of Georgia is prohibited on all roads,  including by sea and air. We would also like to inform that the  accumulation of trucks is observed both in the Armenian-Georgian  (Bagratashen-Sadakhlo) and the Georgian-Russian (Upper Lars-Kazbegi)  border, as well as on different sections of the  Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars road, "the RA MFA spokeswoman informed,  stressing that border crossing at all the above sections was  suspended by trucks due to heavy snowfall which is observed I, and  the movement will be restored as soon as the weather permits.

She also called on the Armenian citizens who are now at the Verkhny  Lars checkpoint from the Russian side to return to their starting  points and use the airway to return to Armenia, as they will not be  able to cross the border due to new restrictions imposed by Georgia.  The RA MFA stated that citizens will be able to fly to Yerevan from  the airports nearest to Lars in Mineralnye Vody, Krasnodar,  Rostov-on-Don.  In conclusion, Naghdalyan called on RA citizens to  refrain from trying to enter Armenia through Georgian territory and  use exclusively the air way to return to their homeland, and soberly  assess the current situation.

Note that from 00:00 hours on March 18, Georgia prohibits the entry  of citizens of other states into its territory. This is due to  measures that the Georgian authorities are taking to combat  coronavirus.