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Georgia Closes Air Border With Turkey Amid Coup Attempt – Prime Minister

© AFP 2023 / VANO SHLAMOVGeorgian Orthodox Christians gather in front of the Trinity Cathedral during a Christmas Mass in Tbilisi early on January 7, 2015
Georgian Orthodox Christians gather in front of the Trinity Cathedral during a Christmas Mass in Tbilisi early on January 7, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Georgia is closing its air border with Turkey and is limiting border checkpoint passage on the ground amid an attempted military coup in Turkey, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said.

TBILISI (Sputnik) – The air borders will remain closed until the Saturday morning.

"We have discussed the situation on the borders. Until morning we will monitor the situation and for the security of our citizens we have limited border access in the direction of Turkey and have closed the air border," Kvirikashvili said adding that the decision might be reconsidered on Saturday morning.

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