Pan Armenian News

AZERBAIJAN INTENDS TO ESTABLISH FRONTIER CONTROL WITH ARMENIA

23.06.2005 07:29

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan intends to establish frontier control with
Armenia, with whom it is in a state of war, reported Deputy Commander of the
State Frontier Service (SFS) of Azerbaijan Ilham Mehtiyev at an
international seminar on threats to frontier security in the South Caucasus
opened in Baku with the support of the NATO Thursday. `Due to the military
confrontation with Armenia we have not managed to form frontier
infrastructures yet, while this is the longest part of the state frontier
(1007 km),’ Mehtiyev said. `Today we already carry out preliminary works to
form the material basis for establishing control over the segment of the
state frontier. I should remark that is a work of a huge scale and it will
be hard for us to do it on our own without the support of international
structures,’ he underscored. Mr. Mehtiyev also stated `occupation of Azeri
territories by Armenia is a factor that has a negative impact on the
development of the region.’ He also highlighted cooperation in strengthening
the frontier security within the organization of GUAM, whose members are
Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. `Our interaction in securing
frontiers is one of the pivotal aspects of regional cooperation between our
states and has real prospects. This is a key task we have to solve within
the next 5-10 years,’ he said, the Trud newspaper reported.