Friday morning update on road conditions
Some roads in Armenia are closed or difficult to pass as of 8:24am Friday, February 21, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
The roadways leading to Amberd Fortress and Lake Kari of Aragatsotn Province will be closed for an indefinite period of time.
Vardenyats Pass is closed for trucks and is difficult to pass for other vehicles.
Sotk-Kharvachar highway is difficult to pass for trucks.
Fog has descended on Shirak, Kotayk Provinces, Ashtarak and Talin towns of Aragatsotn Province.
Syunik Province roads are partially covered with clear ice.
According to the Department of Emergency Situations of Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Crisis Management Center (CMC) of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in North Ossetia, Stepantsminda-Larsi highway is closed for trucks but is open for passenger vehicles.
Some 335 trucks are reportedly stuck on the Russian side.
Drivers are strongly urged to use winter tires.