The State Border Service (GPS) of Azerbaijan announced the suspension of traffic through the Lachin checkpoint due to the facts of smuggling on the vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The message notes that contrary to warnings to the ICKK, illegal actions were repeated, while the necessary steps were not taken to suppress them.
specific cases of identification during the period from July 1 to 5 of smuggled transport of non -detective mobile phones and spare parts for them, as well as cigarettes and gasoline.
“The use of the ICRC and carrying out medical evacuation of vehicles for smuggling purposes is not only a gross violation of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, but also the abuse of the trust of our country to the ICRC, which is a humanitarian organization. In connection with the above facts, a criminal case has been instituted under the relevant articles of the criminal The Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and before the end of the necessary investigative measures, travel through the “Lachin” point of the state border was temporarily suspended, ”the border service said.