Karabakh Armenians freely use Azerbaijan's Lachin checkpoint Video by Caliber.Az

Caliber.Az has acquired new video footage from the Lachin border checkpoint, which opened on April 23, 2023.

As Caliber.Az has previously reported, the checkpoint fully operates not only during the day, but also in the evening and at night, which indicates the checkpoint’s round-the-clock mode of operation.

New video footage shows ethnic Armenians of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region - women, children, men - queuing in front of the registration window. The process takes place in an atmosphere of mutual politeness, there is not a hint of negativity, people communicate with each other without a shadow of fear.

Notably, an employee of Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee is seen in the frame on the 8th second of the footage, which may indicate that the border guards were joined by representatives of the State Customs Committee, who will ensure the order of movement of goods and vehicles across the border, perform customs control and customs clearance.

At 12:00 p.m. on April 23, Azerbaijani State Border Service units established a border checkpoint in Azerbaijan's sovereign territory, on the border with Armenia, at the start of the Lachin-Khankandi road, as an adequate response to Armenia's unilateral establishment of a border pass at the entrance to the Lachin-Khankandi road on the border with Azerbaijan on April 22 and to prevent the illegal transfer of manpower, ammunition, landmines, as well as other military equipment from Armenia to the Armenian armed formations on the territory of Azerbaijan that runs contrary to the Tripartite Statement of November 10, 2020.

Caliber has acquired new video footage from the #Lachin border checkpoint, which opened on April 23, 2023.

As Caliber has previously reported, the checkpoint fully operates not only during the day, but also in the evening and at night, which indicates the checkpoint’s… pic.twitter.com/fDnfScMiTp

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