Upper Lars Checkpoint and Khach Pass Open in Both Directions for All Types of Transport

The Upper Lars checkpoint and Khach Pass are open in both directions for all types of vehicles. The information was provided to Sputnik Armenia by Vahan Hakobyan, the customs attaché of the Armenian Embassy in Russia.

The military road is the only land route that connects Armenia with Russia and is periodically closed due to bad weather conditions.

Georgia is constructing a road that bypasses the most dangerous section of the Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars highway (Gudauri-Kobi). This involves a nine-kilometer tunnel.