Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan has talked about the situation at the Upper Lars checkpoint with Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev.
PM Abrahamyan discusses situation in Upper Lars checkpoint with Russian PM Medvedev
STEPANAKERT, JUNE 29, ARTSAKHPRESS-ARMENPRESS: The PMs spokeswoman Gohar Poghosyan says taking into consideration that a large number of people are stranded in the checkpoint, including children, elderly and pregnant women, Abrahamyan has considered the solution of the problem via air transportation.
“And as you now, accompanied by the representative of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations, today the aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations will land in Vladikavkaz, which will transport 156 Armenian citizens to Armenia,” she said.
On June 23 it was reported that 2 km from the Upper Lars checkpoint (Georgian territory), 600 meters of the highway was completely destroyed by floods of the Terek River. There are no injured.
Later, the CMC of North Ossetia reported that 53 cargo trucks are stranded in Upper Lars checkpoint, another 11 in Rendant, 2 buses and 40 passenger cars. (Overall 230 Armenian citizens)
