Azerbaijan took “appropriate measures to establish control at the starting point of the road,” the foreign ministry said.
“Providing border security, as well as ensuring safe traffic on the road, is the prerogative of the Government of Azerbaijan, and a necessary condition for national security, state sovereignty and the rule of law.”
Armenia said the checkpoint at the Hakri bridge in the Lachin Corridor was a gross violation of the 2020 ceasefire agreement that ended the 2020 war. It called on Russia to implement the agreement that states that the Lachin Corridor, the only road in Azerbaijan that links Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, should be under the control of Russian peacekeepers.
