Azerbaijan officially announced that it established a border control point at the entrance to the Lachin-Khankendi road.
“This includes the rotation of personnel of Armenian armed forces that continue to be illegally stationed in the territory of Azerbaijan, the transfer of weapons and ammunition, entrance of terrorists, as well as illicit trafficking of natural resources and cultural property,” a statement by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reads.
The statement said the road has been used for the transportation of landmines, which has resulted in “grave consequences,” most recently in a mine explosion that injured three Azerbaijani servicemen.
“Moreover, on April 22, surveillance cameras of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan recorded the entrance into the territory of Azerbaijan of two military-purpose container houses and a convoy of military vehicles of Armenia, contrary to the Trilateral Statement, and the norms and principles of international law,” the statement added.
According to the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the Russian-Turkish monitoring center have been informed about this decision.
