Baku / 07.15.19 / Turan: The State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan issued an official report on yesterday"s incident on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border.
"On July 14, at 14.50, on the service territory of the Keshikchidag frontier post of the Shamkir border detachment of the Border Troops of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, an incident was committed against the Azerbaijani border patrol by several citizens of Georgia. In connection with the incident, urgent measures were taken. The incident was solved in a short time and the SBS personnel provided security measures on the territory," the SBS reported.
A meeting was held between the Azerbaijani and Georgian border representatives, the incident was jointly investigated, and measures were discussed to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Recall that the day before the Georgian media distributed video footage of the incident at the temple complex Keshikchidag / David Gareji. The frames show how a group of people from the Georgian side aggressively attack and insult Azerbaijani border guards, forcing them to retreat backwards. -06D--
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