Armenia lifts restrictions on border with Iran: Government

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News ID: 46535
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 20:08 - 18 June 2020
Tehran, 18 June_Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) has announced that restrictions at the country’s main border crossing with Iran has been lifted nearly four months after they were introduced to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Armenia lifts restrictions on border with Iran: GovernmentThe SRC said in a statement on Wednesday that all operations at Meghri border crossing, located on the southern border with Iran and known on the other side as Norduz, had returned to the normal mode.

It said requirements introduced in late February following the spread of the pandemic had been lifted for good.

Police had been escorting Iranian vehicles inside Armenia while cargoes were checked and reloaded at the border to prevent any spread of the virus.

The SRC said all types of cargo from Iran, including those destined for other countries, would be processed in Meghri.

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