The RA State Revenue Committee hides the maintenance costs of the "Margara" checkpoint on the border with Turkey.
Sputnik Armenia sent a question to the SRC to understand how much the construction of the new Margara checkpoint cost and how much money was spent to service it after the completion of the construction. Regarding the first question, the SRC informed that the committee and a number of organizations for the construction of the customs point relevant contracts have been concluded between them, which are published in the PPCM subsystem of the e-procurement ARMEPS system (open platform).
"They include the cost of construction works, equipment and furniture, the cost of preparation of design and estimate documents, the cost of examination of design and estimate documents, the cost of quality technical and copyright control services for the execution of the works," said the SRC. However, the SRC did not respond. to the main question: How much money has been spent for the maintenance of the checkpoint, which is ready but not in use since December 2023?
Let's remind that it was reported that the "Margara" checkpoint on the border with Turkey is ready for operation. It was mentioned that the Armenian side expects positive signals from Turkey regarding the opening of the border for citizens of third countries, as well as those with diplomatic passports. spent about 760 million drams.
