Baku /07.10.19Turan: The State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Azerbaijan has commissioned a new Keshikchi Gala border outpost on a section of the border with Georgia. It covers the cave-temple complex Keshikchi Dag.
The outpost is equipped with "all the necessary equipment that meets modern requirements," the agency writes.
The opening ceremony was attended by the chief of the SBGS Elchin Guliyev and the head of the executive branch of the Agstafa region Nizameddin Guliyev.
During the ceremony, it was emphasized that the new outpost along with border protection was called upon to "protect the historical and cultural heritage of the Azerbaijani people."
The Keshikchi Dag cave and temple complex is located on the border of Azerbaijan and Georgia and is 25 km long. A number of objects, which in Georgia are called the David Gareji Monastery Complex, are located on the top of the mountain along which the border passes.
According to the administrative borders between the republics of the USSR, these objects belong to Azerbaijan. - 06D--
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