We will have alternative shipping routes, when the Upper Lars highway is closed.

Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan wrote on his Facebook page that representatives of Russia and Georgia met in Prague yesterday.

"We can record another positive shift in economy and transport.

Yesterday representatives of the Russian Federation and Georgia met in Prague and discussed the implementation of the Agreement on Basic Principles of Customs Administration and Commodity Trade Monitoring Mechanism signed in 2011. The parties have agreed that a tripartite commission from Georgia, Russia and the Swiss company SGS should be formed for the customs control of cargo in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

In the event of the agreement being implemented, we will have alternative ways of transportation, in cases when the Upper Lars highway is closed.

We also talked about the implementation of the agreement with RF President Vladimir Putin during the May 14 meeting in Sochi.

We highly appreciate the readiness and efforts of the parties to implement this agreement, which is very important for us, "the Deputy Prime Minister noted.

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