ARMENIAN PM WANTS RECONSTRUCTION OF VERKHNY LARS CUSTOMS OFFICE

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
June 5 2014

5 June 2014 – 12:07pm

Armenian Prime Minister Ovik Abramyan has had a telephone conversation
with Maksim Sokolov, the Russian minister for transportation and
co-chair of the Armenian-Russian inter-governmental commission for
economic cooperation, and discussed reconstruction of the Verkhny
Lars Customs Office, News Armenia reports.

Abramyan said that the sides need a program to improve the
infrastructure of the office and expand roads with the highest
avalanche risks. Sokolov responded that a working group will be formed
to carry out research next month.

Verkhny Lars is located on the Russian-Georgian border. It is the
only land route from Armenia to Russia.

From: Baghdasarian