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Bilasuvar checkpoint between Azerbaijan and Iran opened

15 November 2013 14:27 (UTC +04:00)

Deputy chief of Bilasuvar Customs Department of the State Customs Committee, Mirrafig Mirsultanov told APA that the crossing of vehicles has been resumed only on Bilasuvar checkpoint, the restriction on Julfa Border has not been eliminated yet.

Mirsultanov also added that there is no restriction for pedestrians crossing the border.

On November 8, the Embassy of Iran in Azerbaijan issued a statement on the closure of Bilasuvar and Julfa checkpoints. The statement issued on the behalf of the embassy spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ayatollahi said that this step has been taken due to the closure of Poldasht-Shahtakhti checkpoint by Azerbaijani frontier guards on November 6.

Seyed Mohammad Ayatollahi said as the checkpoint was not opened, Iran closed Bilasuvar and Julfa checkpoints after waiting for two days and informing the Azerbaijani side beforehand.