Official Tbilisi is ready for opening Upper Lars checkpoint on Georgian-Russian border near Kazbegi and is waiting for Russian side’s signal. There have really been Armenian-mediated negotiations with Russia, but the latter is not ready for such talks, said Kakha Chitaya, Director of European Affairs Department of Georgia’s Foreign Ministry.
«No agreement has been reached so far, but we are ready for opening Upper Lars checkpoint after receiving Russia’s response,» Chitaya said, adding that «Georgian side in cases the hard situation faced by Armenia,» Gruzia-Online reports.
