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Russia closes border checkpoint with Georgia

09 July 2006 [00:28] - TODAY.AZ
The Russian side closed the Zemo Larsi checkpoint on the Russo-Georgian border, citing the necessity of carrying out repair works.

According to the Georgian Border Police it is not known how long the repair works will continue.

The Zemo Larsi is the only legally operating border checkpoint with Russia. Two others are located in breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Vasil Maglaperidze, the Governor of Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, said that “repair jobs cannot be a real reason for closing down the major highway."

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