A border crossing between Russia and Georgia that was closed in 2006 was reopened on Monday a Georgian police official told RIA Novosti.
Russia closed the Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the border with Georgia for reconstruction in July 2006 for an indefinite period. The South Caucasus state protested the move, saying it was an "unfriendly act."
The border checkpoint reopened at 6:00 a.m. on Monday morning (02:00 GMT), Tbilisi police deputy head Giorgi Gegechkori said, adding that no one had yet crossed.
The countries agreed to reopen the border under the Swiss and Armenian mediation.
Switzerland has represented Russia's interests in Georgia and Georgia's interests in Russia since the August 2008 war between Moscow and Tbilisi over South Ossetia. Georgia cut diplomatic ties when Russia recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another former Georgian republic.
TBILISI, March 1 (RIA Novosti)
