UPPER LARS CLOSED FOR TRAFFIC DUE TO LANDSLIDE -ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF EMERGENCIES
YEREVAN, August 21. /ARKA/. The Upper Lars checkpoint on
Stepantsminda-Lars road is closed for traffic as from 22:30 August
20 because of the landslide, the press office of Armenia’s ministry
of emergencies reported.
No certain dates have been mentioned by the ministry for resumption.
The previous incident occurred at Kazbegi-Upper Lars checkpoint on
May 17 when the mudflow blocked the road and left Armenia with no
ground communication with Russia via Georgia for a month. -0-
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