Baku. TurkicWorld:

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has acknowledged that its cars have been transporting illegal cargo through the Lachin checkpoint on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border, TurkicWorld reports.

Thus, contracts with 4 drivers of those vehicles have been terminated.

The ICRC noted that it is aware of concerns raised about the transport of unauthorized goods across the Lachin road and does not support any such activity.

"However, we regret that without our knowledge four hired drivers tried to transport some commercial goods in their own vehicles which were temporarily displaying the ICRC emblem. These individuals were not ICRC staff members and their work service contracts were immediately terminated by the ICRC. Our work along the Lachin corridor is always strictly humanitarian," the ICRC said in a statement.

Thus, the ICRC has once again demonstrated its inability to bear its responsibilities. This international organization should know what is being carried in the car on which it puts its emblem and transports "humanitarian" aid.

The ICRC is well aware that people who drive these rented cars are Armenians, and they can commit any provocation at any time, whether in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh or at the Lachin border checkpoint.

In order to prevent these provocations and insure against incidents, the committee has to know who owns the car and carefully check these vehicles themselves.

If the ICRC had resolved these issues in a timely and correct manner, such a case would not have happened today. As for the fact that the ICRC was not aware of this issue, the committee's statement does not look convincing. There is an attempt to disguise their pro-Armenian actions.

Meanwhile, in order to prevent the transportation of manpower, ammunition, mines, as well as other military equipment from Armenia for Armenian armed groups on the territory of Azerbaijan (which weren't withdrawn contrary to the trilateral statement signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the 2020 Second Karabakh War), and as an adequate response to the unilateral establishment of a checkpoint by Armenia on the border with Azerbaijan on April 22 at the entrance to the Lachin-Khankendi road contrary to the trilateral statement of November 10, 2020, on April 23 at 12:00 (GMT+4), the units of the State Border Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan set up a border checkpoint in its sovereign territories, on the border with Armenia, at the beginning of the Lachin-Khankendi road.