Armenia`s Border Troops take over control of Margara checkpoint on  Armenia-Turkish border 

ArmInfo. Since March 1, the border service at the Margara checkpoint on the state border of Armenia and Turkiye has been carried out exclusively by the Border  Troops of the Republic of Armenia. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  wrote about this on his Facebook page.

He noted that the Margara checkpoint is currently not functioning due  to the closure of the state border between Armenia and Turkiye. In  the summer of 2022, in accordance with the decision of the RA  government, the checkpoint was completely renovated and permanent  service by units of the Border Troops of the Russian Federation began  there.

"I express my gratitude to the Border Troops of the Federal Security  Service of the Russian Federation for the service rendered on this  section of the Armenian-Turkish state border. The transfer of the  Margara border checkpoint to the subordination of the Border Troops  of the Republic of Armenia means that from March 1, 2025, border  control of all persons entering and leaving the Republic of Armenia  will be carried out exclusively by the Border Troops of the Republic  of Armenia, since only the Border Troops of the Republic of Armenia  serve at all such checkpoints (active and inactive), "the head of the  Armenian government emphasized.

Earlier, it was reported that more than 1 billion drams were spent on  the repair of the Margara checkpoint on the Armenian-Turkish border.  Initially, the costs were planned at 800 million drams, but the final  costs amounted to slightly more than 1 billion drams.

Recall that Turkiye's special representative in the negotiations on  the settlement of relations between Armenia and Turkiye, Serdar  Kilic, said in January 2023 that Armenia and Turkiye had reached an  agreement to give new impetus to the work on opening the border for  third-country nationals.

"Regarding the opening of the border for third-country nationals, our  minister mentioned in his speech that an agreement had been reached  to give new impetus to the work on this issue. The two ministers came  to this agreement, and we will do everything possible to start  operating the Margara bridge as soon as possible," the special  representative of Turkey said, presenting the results of the meeting  of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkiye in Ankara.