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The attacks began in Armenian villages against trucks with Turkish plates entering the country through the Aktaş border gate, which was opened to Georgia after Armenia’s attacks on Azerbaijani territories. It has been suggested that those who stone the trucks began threatening the drivers. Following this development, when the Aktaş border gate was closed, the trucks headed towards the Sarp border gate in Artvin. A 15 kilometer TIR tail was formed at the gate where the density was formed.
“THERE IS CONVERSATION ABOUT SARP”
Trucker Recep Kılıçarslan, who was waiting to cross into Georgia, said: “I have been waiting in line for 2 days, I don’t know how many more days I will wait. Our friends’ vehicles passing through the Aktaş border gate were attacked in some Armenian villages. With that gate closed, all the vehicles headed towards Sarp. “I’ve been in the queue for 2 days, I haven’t covered 5 kilometers yet, just think about how many days it will take me.”
“THE TRUCKS ARE GRINDING”
TIR driver Selim Ekşi said: “According to what your friends say, there are Armenian villages in Georgia after passing the gate, trucks are stoned as they pass through. When that gate is temporarily closed, now we head here.
AKYÜREK, PRESIDENT OF HTSO: EXPORTS INCREASED BY 30 PERCENT
Hopa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Osman Akyürek stated that the density increased in Sarp due to the closing of the Aktaş customs gate in Ardahan and said: “Actually, I am happy to see the queue of trucks. It means that we have a job, our exports continue. The fact that the supply chain is not cut by government decision has significantly increased our exports to Russia, including the republics of the Caucasus and Turkey. Therefore, it is also forming the TIR queue. Actually, the TIR queue means business. Checkpoint has a daily time of 650 near the arrival of TR to Turkey, we look at the entry and exit to Turkey, we also have an exit of around 550. this figure before the pandemic 400- was 450 percent. Weight of construction material in first place in exports, textiles and age, we have an export of fruits and vegetables. Pandemic since April, when it is mostly ef ective, until this period, When we evaluate with the year, there was an increase of 30 percent in exports and logistics ”, he said.
“GEORGIA MUST REMOVE THE 8-DAY ISOLATION”
Georgian government of the entry of Turkish citizens to the country applying the 8-day isolation Unapply it is stated that Akyürek, “the Republic of Turkey as a state on September 7 unilaterally from the nominal border gate Sarp we open the gate. All Georgian citizens areas invite to our country to our country with your test request when it arrives at our door However, Georgia still allows the most important entrepreneurs, even if they have businesses and companies there, by invitation, and isolates our citizens who enter a hotel during 8 days, he does not allow them to go out. “We express our regret for this situation in terms of relations with neighbors on all platforms,” he said.
