While speaking of peace, Armenian premier unable to esnure passage of  Armenian trucks through Georgian checkpoints - RPA

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan constantly talks about establishing peace with Azerbaijan, while he cannot even ensure the unimpeded passage of  Armenian trucks through Georgian checkpoints to the countries of the  Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).  The head of the RPA youth wing,  Henrikh Danielyan, announced this in a video message on his Facebook  account. 

As the head of the youth wing recalled, exports began to be hindered  at the border of Russia and Georgia.  There, according to him, they  began to demand a certain amount from Armenian exporters to pass the  checkpoint. Meanwhile, not a single representative of the Armenian  state bodies, as Danielyan noted, began to deal with this problem and  did not take any steps in this direction. "Armenian trucks have been  standing idle for several days now and cannot pass through any of the  EAEU member countries. It is obvious that all of this is the result  of the inglorious work of the Armenian authorities. Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan is essentially doing everything to make life  difficult for his citizens," Danielyan believes.

He also drew attention to the fact that this is an additional burden  for truck drivers, since every day is an ever-increasing amount that  will have to be deducted from their salaries. "Truck drivers cannot  afford such expenses, and in addition to renting trucks, pay the  Georgian side for passing the checkpoint," noted a member of the RPA  youth wing.

The politician drew attention to the fact that this is essentially a  transit zone, and such problems are artificially created and should  have been resolved long ago. "We are a state, which means the  government should have dealt with this problem. There are people who  are obliged to deal with these issues.

Let me remind you that during the Russian-Georgian war, citizens  crossed the road without hindrance. But today, our citizens have been  left alone with this problem, and no one even tells them what they  should do in this situation. Moreover, there is no one who would  inform them that they have every right to cross this road without any  payment," Danielyan complained.

In connection with the above, he asked a rhetorical question about  how the Armenian authorities are going to control the roads that will  open with Turkey and Azerbaijan, if they cannot even ensure  communication with Russia and other countries of the EAEU, or  properly pass through the Georgian checkpoint. "And this is despite  the fact that 80% of our products are exported to Russia. This will  all deal a major blow to our economy, and even more so to security,  including economic security, since today this is the only road along  which our goods are sent to the EAEU countries," Danielyan summed up.

Recall that today the only land route connecting Armenia through  Georgia with Russia is the road through the Upper Lars checkpoint.

The day before, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexey Overchuk said  that by the end of this year the volume of mutual trade between  Armenia and the Russian Federation will decrease by almost half.