Azerbaijan president explains how illegal entry of Iranian trucks to Karabakh was prevented

“From August 11 to September 11, about 60 trucks from Iran illegally moved to Karabakh. To prevent this, we have taken practical steps,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, Report informs.

"Our behavior and steps are responsible and based on friendship. The first time we gave a verbal warning, the second time we issued an official note, and the third time, we set up customs, border, and police posts. Thus, we began to control the road passing through the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and then the number of trucks going to Karabakh dropped to zero. Look, was it necessary to bring things to this point? Now only 25,000 people are living in the Karabakh region, which is under the control of Russian peacekeeping forces.

Is this market so important? Is that trade so vital that you show such disrespect to the country you consider a friend and brother? Of course, we have used all the opportunities enshrined in international conventions and international law. Some say tolls are levied on Iranian trucks. Do we now pay a fee when we go abroad? We pay. If they use the territory of Azerbaijan, do they have to pay a fee? They do,” the president stressed.