On June 30, at 7:02 pm, an AN-148 aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered 51 Armenian citizens trapped on the Upper Lars checkpoint from Beslan Airport in South Ossetia to Zvartnots Airport in Armenia. This was the fourth special flight of the Russian Ministry's aircraft to Armenia.
The four flights of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's aviation have delivered 195 people to Zvartnots Airport. The flights have been carried out under the relevant agreement between the Russian and Armenian Governments.
To recall, on June 23 Mtskheta-Stepantsminda-Lars road was closed because of a mudflow. The only overland road linking Armenia to Russia lies through the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border. According to the officials of Georgia, the opening of Upper Lars is scheduled for July 15 unless the weather conditions hinder the road rehabilitation.