Number of cars waiting to cross Russia-Georgia border grows

The number of trucks and cars waiting to pass through the border with Georgia in North Ossetia has grown to 5,500, including 3,600 cars, Report informs referring to TASS.

“As many as 3,600 cars on the territory of the republic [are waiting to cross the border]. As well as 1,900 transit heavy trucks in the region, 600 of them are at the checkpoint,” the source said.

On September 26, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Irbek Tomaev said that 3,500 cars had accumulated at the border, and the total number of transit vehicles on the roads of the republic was 4,891.