Georgia Grants Entry to Armenians Stuck in South Ossetia

Georgian authorities gave entry to the dozens of the Armenian citizens who have been trapped in breakaway South Ossetia en-route to Armenia for more than a week already.

A convoy of busses and trucks belonging to the Armenian citizens were moving from Russia to Armenia via Georgia?s breakaway region of South Ossetia, but the border checkpoint in Larsi has remained closed by Russian authorities since early September. The Larsi checkpoint is the only land border linking Georgia with Russia that is controlled by official Tbilisi.

The Georgian authorities blocked the convoy near the village of Ergneti in the South Ossetian conflict zone and refused to give the Armenian citizens permission to entery, as they crossed the border with Georgia at the Roki Pass, which is out of the Georgia?s control.

Georgian officials say that Tbilisi showed ?its good will? by allowing the Armenian citizens to enter the country.