Highway passing through Upper Lars int`l checkpoint is open to all types of vehicles

ArmInfo. The highway passing through the Verin Lars international checkpoint is open for all types of vehicles. Customs attache of the RA Embassy in Russia Vahan Hakobyan told ArmInfo correspondent.

"Traffic for vehicles with trailers and semi-trailers On the Gudauri-Kobi section of the international highway Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars has been restored," he explained.

Traffic in Gudauri-Kobe sections is available around the clock only through avalanche-proof tunnels.  The Georgian Military Road is currently the only land route connecting Armenia with Russia. And the Kazbegi - Upper Lars checkpoint is the only checkpoint currently functioning on the land border of Georgia and Russia. It is periodically closed due to bad weather.