ArmInfo.It is interesting, that Russia and Georgia started to deal with settlement of trade-industrial and transportation relations regardless political settlement of Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia statuses, as well as independent of Russian militaries presence at the territories of these countries, Arman Melikyan, the Ex Foreign Minister of Nagorno Karabakh expressed his opinion
On February 8 Grigori Karasin, Russian Foreign Minister stated that there is one last and the most difficult step is left to make to open the new transit corridor through Georgia, accentuating that not only Russia and Georgia are interested in 2011 Agreements implementation, but Armenia as well.
"Finding of mutually acceptable solutions, of course, will be profitable for all the stakeholders, because it will mitigate the level of common military-political tension between Russia, Abkhazia, Souther Ossetia on one hand and Georgia on the other," he mentioned.
The expert thinks also, that the implementation of this scenario will give a pulse to the economic life rehabilitation throughout the Caucasus region, and sooner or later, will be able to pass a puls to transit cargo flows from Russia to Iran through Georgia and Armenia.
The Agreement between Russian Federation and Georgia on main principles of customs administration and trade monitoring dated November 9, 2011 mentions the transit through territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia within the participation of foreign mediators, who will control the cargo flows. The Prague meeting of Karasin and Georgian prime Minister's Special Representative finished with a decision to rehabilitate the Agreement On Trade Corridors of 2011. Particularly, Karasin stated to Commersant weekly, that there is an essential progress in the practical aspect. According to him, parties decided to discuss those issues which could be solved without crossing the "red lines" - Abkhazia and South Ossetia statuses, as well as Russian troops presence there.
According to Karasin, Parties discussed to discuss ontly those questions possible to solve avoiding "red lines" - Abkhazia and Souther Ossetia statuses. This approach will allow parties to avoid the painful issue of customs registration of cargo at the border, as well as to launch vehicle road through Southern Ossetia, which is extremely important for Armenia, because the road leading to Upper Lars is being often closed due to weather conditions.