Azerbaijan and Armenia set up customs and border checkpoints on Goris-Kapan road

YEREVAN, November 11, /ARKA/. Armenia and Azerbaijan will set up customs and border checkpoints on a section of the Goris-Kapan road, Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council Armen Grigoryan said in an interview with Armenian Public TV late on November 10.
He said the Azerbaijani side had informed the Armenian side that starting from 24.00 November 11, it will start carrying out a border and customs control on a section of the Goris-Kapan road. Grigoryan said the Armenian side will take reciprocal steps and also set up customs and border checkpoints on that section of the road.
He said also that a major repair of an alternative Kapan-Tatev road was over, and can be used for transporting goods, and is open to all kinds of vehicles.
After the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone on November 9, 2020, more than 190 settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent seven regions came under the control of Azerbaijan.
As a result, the borders of the Syunik region in the south of Armenia and the Gegharkunik region in the east appeared in close proximity to the Soviet-time border of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani forces have set up a police checkpoint on a section of the road between Goris and Kapan.
The checkpoint is on a section of a strategic road that connects Armenia with Iran. Armenian forces had pulled out of that road section after the end of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh last autumn.
Now Azerbaijani forces control a 21-kilometer stretch of the highway. The other sections of the highway, which is Armenia’s sole transport link with Iran are patrolled by Russian soldiers and border guards. -0-