The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that the Azerbaijani government took appropriate measures to establish control at the starting point of the road on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The ministry recalled that over the past two and half years Baku has consistently called attention to large-scale abuse of the Lachin road by Yerevan, including the rotation of personnel of Armenian armed forces 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.
"On April 22 surveillance cameras of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan recorded the entrance of to the territory of Azerbaijan of two military-purpose container houses and convoy of military vehicles of Armenia, contrary to the Trilateral statement, and the norms and principles of international law," the statement reads.
The Azerbaijani foreign ministry stressed that the establishment of border control mechanism at the starting point of the Lachin road will ensure the security and safety of the movement, which is the prerogative of the Government of Azerbaijan, and an essential prerequisite for the national security, state sovereignty and rule of law.
"In line with obligations of the Trilateral Statement, in the framework of this measure of security guarantee by the Republic of Azerbaijan for the movement of citizens, vehicles and cargo through the Lachin road, proper conditions will be ensured for the transparent and regulated passage of Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan from this checkpoint to Armenia and Azerbaijan in both directions," the ministry added.
Baku declared its readiness to cooperation with a view to ensuring safe and transparent control regime at the border with Armenia, noting that control mechanism shall be implemented in interaction with the Russian peacekeeping force.
