YEREVAN (ARKA), March 2–Armenia welcomed Monday the reopening of a key border crossing on the Russian-Georgia border that had been used by Armenian businessmen as the only overland conduits to the outside world. The Upper Lars border crossing was closed by Moscow in June 2006 for repairs. The crossing is effectively the only land crossing [...]

YEREVAN (Reuters), March 1–A mountain pass between Georgia and Russia, closed since July 2006, will reopen, in rare sign of cooperation since the former Soviet neighbors fought a brief war in 2008. The Upper Lars border crossing through the towering Caucasus mountains is effectively the only land crossing between Russia and Georgia, the others running [...]

YEREVAN (Armenianow.com) — Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili believes Russia will have a decisive say in a solution of the long-running conflict between his country’s two South Caucasus neighbors. “The position of Russia is the main key to the resolution of the Karabakh conflict,” Saakashvili said in an interview with Russia’s Ekho Moskvy radio station Wednesday [...]