"Our land borders are closed and should be closed. Why? So that people don't get sick. Because the direction of the spread of this disease is land borders. That's why we keep our borders closed and we do it right. We will keep the borders closed as long as necessary - we are talking about land borders," President Ilham Aliyev said at the meeting dedicated to the results of the first six months of the year, according to Report.
President: Azerbaijan keeps its land borders closed as disease spreads through land borders
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