Prime Minster of Armenia Karen Karapeyan has agreed with his Georgian counterpart on the alternative to the Upper Lars checkpoint.

Karapetyan told the aforementioned to journalists on Friday, Sputnik-Armenia reports.

“If you are in interested in whether there will be an alternative to Lars, I can assure you that there will! As to the rest, I don’t want to open the brackets yet. We have agreed both on Lars and energy corridor,” the Armenian PM noted.

He also called his visit fruitful, warm and constructive, stressing that he has fully implemented the program which he came to Georgia with. The sides agreed that it is also necessary to consider the Armenian-Georgian relations in regional context, using the capacities of both countries.  

“It is necessary to preserve and hand down to the succeeding generation the heritage that we have. Currently we are not sure that they [the new generation] will be able to preserve the relations that we have. Therefore, we must contribute to this in every possible way,” Karapetyan said.

Within the framework of the negotiations, the PMs of the two countries also discussed the situation of Armenians residing in Georgia. Karapetyan noted that after 20-30 years he sees Armenia as a country which everyone will be proud of.

Since the morning, the Armenian delegation led by PM Karen Karapetyan visited the Armenian St. George and St. Ejmiatzin cathedrals. The delegation was met by the leader of the Georgian diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia, Vazgen Mirzakhanyan. The guests lit candles in St. George and laid flowers at the tombs of the Armenian public figures in the cathedral courtyard.