ArmInfo. Georgian Minister of Agriculture David Songulashvili will visit Armenia on June 6. Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan told journalists about this, noting that the agenda of the visit includes resolving the situation with Armenian cargo carriers, who have been standing in the Georgian Gezi terminal for more than a month without any explanation or justification.
The latter were heading to Russia and Belarus to supply cognac products through the transit territory of Georgia. Papoyan noted that he personally planned to visit Georgia to resolve the current situation, but the Georgian side took this initiative upon itself, announcing that the Georgian Minister of Agriculture would visit our country with a package of solutions.
At the same time, the minister was asked to comment on the situation with the ban on importing flowers from Armenia to Russia, which was reported in the media yesterday, but he noted that he had not yet received such information.
For over a month, Armenian exporters of alcoholic beverages have been standing at the Gezi terminal in Georgia. Without any justification or explanation from the Georgian regulatory authorities, customs seals of Armenian cargo carriers are being broken, samples of manufactured products are being taken for laboratory testing without providing the necessary documentation. And the results of these studies are delayed for days and weeks, also without any explanation. The actions of the Georgian side could be understood if the Armenian cargo was to be delivered to the Georgian market, but the territory of this country is only a transit territory for Armenian cargo carriers, and according to the norms of the World Trade Organization, as the exporters noted earlier, a transit country does not have the right to detain cargo for laboratory testing. In connection with the situation, yesterday the affected enterprises (Ararat Wine Factory, Shahnazaryan Wine and Brandy House, Alco Alliance, Van777, Aragats Wine and Brandy Factory, Arkon Trade, Abovyan Brandy Factory, Samkon, Proshyan Brandy Factory and National Alco) sent official letters to a umber of international organizations, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the UN, the Eurasian Development Bank, the World Trade Organization, as well as the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Armenia, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.
All this was preceded by a number of protests near the building of the Armenian government, near the Embassy of Georgia in the Republic of Armenia. It is noteworthy that after the meeting, the Georgian diplomatic mission even recommended that the exporters sue the Georgian side.
