A section of the road linking two Armenian towns, Goris and Kapan, has in fact been handed over to Azerbaijan, MP Anna Grigoryan from the opposition Armenia faction told reporters in the parliament on Wednesday.
“Members of the Civil Contract faction were recently in Goris and I understood from their posts that they were in Tatev. I wonder why they didn’t pass through the Goris-Kapan road section to understand the feelings of our compatriots,” she said.
In her words, the facts indicate that the Goris-Kapan road section has de facto been handed over to Azerbaijan.
Grigoryan noted that Iranian citizens have a stamp placed in their documents when entering Armenia at the Meghri customs checkpoint, and Azerbaijanis place their stamp over the Armenian one on the Goris-Kapan road section.
"When leaving Armenia, our customs officers put another stamp over the Azerbaijani one, de facto recognizing that the Azerbaijanis have full control over this road section. But there is no legal document in this regard," the MP said.
Grigoryan recalled that as a result of the previous construction works an Azerbaijani customs checkpoint was set up on the road, adding new construction is currently underway and it is not known yet what is being b...
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