Armenia addresses Georgia to consider maritime transport as “alternative” to Lars border-crossing point

Georgian Maritime Transport Agency on Friday said the country’s transit corridor continued to work in an overloaded mode and despite the fact that the relevant state bodies have worked round-the-clock, the management of cargo flows has been “significantly” complicated.

The Agency noted the Upper Lars border-crossing point between Armenia and Russia has been the only connecting land point, where the processing of transit cargo “has been often delayed” for several weeks due to high overload, creating “significant” challenges for Armenia, especially in the case of perishable products and food, as well as essence products, agenda.ge reports.

Based on the mentioned issue, the Armenian Government addressed the Georgian Government to consider maritime transport as an alternative to the Lars border-crossing point, which would process Armenian transit cargo for food and perishable products, as well as essence products”, Georgian Maritime Transport Agency noted.