YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian businessmen sustain quite considerable losses because of the closing of the Verin Lars crossing point: only transport expenses grew by 7-20%. The RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development Karen Chshmaritian told this to reporters on October 19. According to him, some Armenian goods have remained in Novorossiysk. The minister said that Armenian businessmen quickly found a solution in the situation, and now goods are transported through Ilyichevsk and Varna. In his words, there is no problem with the transportation of goods through the territory of Georgia.

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