ArmInfo. Until the end of March 5, the issue of the transportation of Iranian goods by Armenian wagons through the territory of Georgia will be resolved. The Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan announced this at a government meeting on March 5.
According to him, the initially announced number of trucks accumulated on the Armenian-Georgian road was somewhat overstated. According to the information available to the Ministry, at present 20-30 trucks were "hanging" on the border, which were sent through the territory of Georgia to the Verkhny Lars checkpoint in Russia. "By the end of this day the issue will be settled," the minister assured.
It should be noted that on March 3, information appeared that in order to combat the coronavirus, the Georgian authorities detained about 60 Armenian trucks with Iranian goods. According to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, expressed by him the day before in the country's parliament, an agreement was reached with the Georgian leadership on the issue related to the transportation of Iranian goods by Iranian wagons through Georgian territory. He noted that it was agreed that the following transit trucks in Georgia will be accompanied, and if the receiving party does not mind, then the cars will reach their destination. "We have already established that the receiving party does not impose new conditions for the reception of goods. Thus, cars with Iranian goods will be able to reach their destination. The thing is that our colleagues would not like if third countries do not accept these trucks, cars were accumulating in the territory of Georgia, "Pashinyan explained.
