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Armenian PM: Problem of Iranian trucks traveling to Yerevan solved

Moscow, IRNA – Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that the problem faced by Iranian trucks travelling to Armenia has been solved as they can from now on use the new alternative road, Tatev-Aghvani, to travel to Yerevan.

According to IRNA quoting Armenpress, he said that thus the Iranian trucks now do not have to pay to the Republic of Azerbaijan without paying customs.

He stated upon the launch of the new road in the south of Armenia as an alternative to “Goris-Kapan” road which is under Azerbaijan’s control the transportation of Iranian cargo has been facilitated.

He said Yerevan decided to build an alternative road to overcome the problems caused since August 2021 by Baku inspections of Armenian citizens and Iranian cars and trucks in certain section of Goris-Kapan road.

Source: Islamic Republic News Agency – IRNA