Some roads closed in Armenia, including road to Lars checkpoint

ArmInfo.  The RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Rescue Service reported roads closed to traffic in Armenia.

According to the source, as of the morning of January 20, the roads  leading from the Amberd high- mountain weather station in the  Aragatsotn region to the Amberd Fortress and Lake Kari are closed.  Also closed to all traffic are the Gndevaz-Jermuk highway, the  Vardenyats mountain pass, the Vanadzor-Dilijan and Vanadzor-Alaverdi  highways, and the Spitak and Dilijan turns. Roads near the Jermuk  junction in the direction of Jermuk and Sisian, Noyemberyan-Judjevan,  and Noravan-Kapan are difficult to pass. The Yeraskh-Zangakatun,  Tatev-Ltsen, Tatev-Kapan sections, the Stepanavan turns, the  Berd-Chambarak highway, and sections of the Haghartsin and Parzlich  Lake roads are impassable for all types of vehicles.

Icy conditions are observed in places on the roads of Aparan,  Aragats, Dilijan, Sevan, Chambarak, Martuni, Gavar, Sisian, Goris,  Ashotsk, and Amasia.

According to information received from the Ministry of Internal  Affairs of Georgia and the North Ossetia Emergency Situations  Department, the Stepantsminda-Lars highway is closed to all types of  traffic.