/Aysor.am/ “If the Upper Lars checkpoint opens, the Armenian volume of freight by road transport will increase,” said Armenia’s Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian at the press conference.

“This road connection will create favorable conditions for Armenian economy. I hope the checkpoint will operate since spring 2010,” he added.

In accordance with the agreement between the Moscow and Tbilisi sides, the Upper Lars checkpoint is expected to open in spring 2010. The decision to open the checkpoint is made, announced recently Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze.

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