The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan said that the creation of a checkpoint on the border with Armenia will ensure the legality and transparency, and traffic safety.
as you know, within two and a half years after the signing of a tripartite statement, the Azerbaijani side constantly paid attention to the large -scale and unlawful use of the Armenia of the Lachinsky road. Examples of such unlawful actions are the rotation of the personnel of the Armenian armed forces that continue to remain in Azerbaijan, Transportation of weapons and ammunition, passage of terrorists, as well as illegal removal of natural resources and cultural values, ”said the diplomatic mission.
The statement says that the transportation of MIN by means of the Lachinsky road and their subsequent laying in the sovereign territories of Azerbaijan.
entails especially grave consequences.
The Foreign Ministry emphasized that since August 2022, more than 2700 anti -personnel mines produced in Armenia in 2021 were discovered in the territory of the Lachinsky and Kelbajar regions of Azerbaijan. These mines were transported to the territory of the Azerbaijan on the Lachinsky road contrary to the tripartite statement, the Foreign Ministry said at
“On April 22, the CCTs of the CCTV of the Ministry of Defense of the AR was recorded the entrance to the territory of the country of military car caps and trucks of Armenia with two residential military containers, which contradicts the three -way statement, and the norms and principles of international law. After that, work began on the establishment of containers for the residence of military personnel and the creation of military infrastructure at the site closest from Armenia to the territory of Azerbaijan at the beginning of the Lachin -Hankendi road, ”the Foreign Ministry said
The department noted that “in the light of the mentioned threats and provocations, the creation of a border control mechanism at the beginning of the Lachinsky road will ensure legality and transparency and traffic safety”.
“ensuring the safety of borders and the safety of movement is the prerogative of the government of Azerbaijan and the prerequisite for national security, state sovereignty and the rule of law,” the Foreign Ministry emphasized.