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    ARMENIA: YEREVAN HOPES FOR OPEN GEORGIAN - RUSSIAN BORDER

    Georgian Daily
    http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/a rticles/eav110309b.shtml
    Nov 3 2009
    Georgia

    Armenia's Transportation Ministry is expressing strong support for
    the opening of Zemo Larsi, a Georgian-Russian border checkpoint that
    has been closed since 2006. The crossing would be a lifeline for
    Armenian exports.

    In late October, Russian border authorities claimed they were in
    talks with their Georgian counterparts about opening Zemo Larsi
    to transit traffic. Russia is Armenia's largest trading partner,
    but overland rounds between the two countries have been blocked, due
    to ongoing Georgian-Russian tension [For background see the Eurasia
    Insight archive].

    The Georgian Foreign Ministry has vehemently denied the reports.

    Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze told a November 2 news
    conference that her office has only held talks with Armenian officials
    and would agree to an open border with Russia only as a courtesy
    to Yerevan.

    Susana Tonoian, an Armenian Transport Ministry spokesperson, said
    that Yerevan will not pressure Moscow and Tbilisi to open the border,
    the Kavkazsky Uzel news service reported on November 3.
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