Karabakh: Azerbaijan deploys scanners at illegal checkpoint![]() May 2, 2023 - 16:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has deployed Smiths Detection scanners at an illegal border checkpoint on the Lachin corridor - the sole route connecting Nagorno Karabakh to Armenia. According to a report from Minval.az, these scanners ensure "automatic detection of solid and liquid explosives in hand luggage" Azerbaijani authorities on April 23 set up a checkpoint on the only road connecting Karabakh with Armenia. Baku also maintained that they have informed the command of the Russian peacekeepers about the installment of the checkpoint. ![]() ![]() The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |