Baku/18.08.22/ Turan: On the basis of instructions from the Prime Minister of the country, the National Security Service of Armenia published a project to create new checkpoints on the state border with Azerbaijan. In the document released today, these three points should be established in the following places on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border:
1. "Sotk" ("Kelbajar"), highway M11 - automobile to the Kalbajar region.
2. "Yeraskh" ("Sadarak"), Yeraskh community - automobile to the Sadarak region.
3. "Karahunj" ("Eyvazli"), Syunik region, Karahunj community, highway M2 - automobile to Kubatly region, Eyvazli village - automobile.
The checkpoints installed at the state border will begin to operate the next day after the completion of the relevant construction work and equipment, the project says. Specific construction dates are not specified. -02D-
Politics
-
Transparency International’s 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has once again highlighted the persistent challenge of corruption worldwide, underscoring its damaging impact on governance, economic growth, and climate action. The CPI, which evaluates 180 countries based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, assigns each a score from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). The latest report reveals little overall improvement, with the global average score stagnating at 43. Over two-thirds of countries continue to score below 50, indicating that corruption remains a significant and unresolved global issue.
-
According to information from the Telegram channel "Nezygar," the Russian Security Council, with the participation of relevant agencies, is considering options for retaliatory measures "in response to the aggressive escalation from Baku, which contradicts the spirit and letter of the agreements and treaties signed between the countries, including the Treaty on Allied Interaction of 2022."
-
Last week, two more prominent journalists were arrested in Azerbaijan. Shahnaz Beylargisi became the eighth female journalist to be imprisoned in recent months. Beylargizi and her former colleague Shamshad Aga worked for Toplum TV, an independent news outlet that was shut down in 2024.
-
Moscow wants Armenia and Azerbaijan developing a peace treaty that would signify a long-term settlement of their relations, the Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Galuzin, told in an interview with Izvestiya. Earlier, officials from Armenia and Azerbaijan stated that the peace treaty was almost 90% agreed upon.
Leave a review