Checkpoint reconstruction at Armenia-Georgia border to start in NovemberSeptember 16, 2011 - 14:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will start reconstruction of three post controls (Bagratashen, Bavra and Gogavan) at the border with Georgia in November. “ARHIS Latvian company, international tender winner, is completing planning works, with construction to start in November,” Gagik Khachatryan, chairman of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee told journalists. The program envisages enlargement of the territory of post controls, building of special parking lots and terminals for cars, improvement of sanitary-hygiene control and installment of equipment for closer examination. New four-lane roads have been constructed to service about 600 cars and 2000 passengers per day. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | Armenia Security Council chief traveling to Qatar Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan will travel on a working visit to Qatar. Armenian Foreign Minister regrets “tragic loss” of Iranian counterpart The Armenian Foreign Ministry has expressed shock over the death of the Iranian President and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |