Azerbaijan holds flag hoisting ceremony at checkpoint on border with Armenia

Azerbaijan holds flag hoisting ceremony at checkpoint on border with Armenia

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 26. Ceremony of raising the State Flag of Azerbaijan at the checkpoint on the border with Armenia has been held, TurkicWorld reports.

In order to prevent the transportation of manpower, ammunition, mines, as well as other military equipment from Armenia for illegal Armenian armed groups on the territory of Azerbaijan, 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 [signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the second Karabakh war], 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.