Russian aircraft brings 246 stranded Armenian nationals to Yerevan
01.07.2016,
18:09
A Russian emergency situations ministry’s aircraft has operated a total of five flights to Armenia from South Ossetia in the Russian North Caucasus to bring 246 Armenian citizens stranded at Upper Lars border crossing on Russian-Georgian border, blocked by a massive mudslide on June 23.
YEREVAN, July 1. /ARKA/. A Russian emergency situations ministry’s aircraft has operated a total of five flights to Armenia from South Ossetia in the Russian North Caucasus to bring 246 Armenian citizens stranded at Upper Lars border crossing on Russian-Georgian border, blocked by a massive mudslide on June 23.
The Upper Lars crossing is the only conduit for Armenian vehicles and citizens for overland travel to Russia and further. It is heavily used also for cargo shipments between the two countries.
Hundreds of Armenian and other trucks were left stranded on either side of the mountainous checkpoint as a result of the mudslide that damaged one-kilometer long section of the road on the Georgian side.
The Armenians were flown from the North Ossetian town of Beslan. The aircraft took today 13 Russian nationals to Russia who could not get to Russia through the Georgian border crossing and had to return back to Armenia.
As a result of the disaster hundreds of trucks and passenger vehicles and 225 people were struck at the border crossing. As of July 1 there still remained 120 freight and 20 passenger cars. -- 0--
The Upper Lars crossing is the only conduit for Armenian vehicles and citizens for overland travel to Russia and further. It is heavily used also for cargo shipments between the two countries.
Hundreds of Armenian and other trucks were left stranded on either side of the mountainous checkpoint as a result of the mudslide that damaged one-kilometer long section of the road on the Georgian side.
The Armenians were flown from the North Ossetian town of Beslan. The aircraft took today 13 Russian nationals to Russia who could not get to Russia through the Georgian border crossing and had to return back to Armenia.
As a result of the disaster hundreds of trucks and passenger vehicles and 225 people were struck at the border crossing. As of July 1 there still remained 120 freight and 20 passenger cars. -- 0--
