Azerbaijan does not favor joint customs with IranMay 3, 2011 - 16:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - State Customs Committee has commented on suggestion of Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan to open a single customs point on border of two states. The committee chairman Aydin Aliyev said “there are no official appeals on the issue.” Meanwhile, the head of the State Customs Committee said that as a specialist in customs sphere, he does not see a method of implementing such a project or benefits for both parties. “It is a very difficult question. Russia and Finland were earlier planning to open a single customs point but this remained a plan. The matter is that every country has its own system of customs control and under the working laws, only the customs in Azerbaijan have a right to conduct this control. For this reason the opening of the Azerbaijani-Iranian customs point is not considered”, he said, according to news.az. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |