ArmInfo. Azerbaijan intends to replace part of the Armed Forces units on the border with Armenia by border guards.According to http://www.contact.az, by order of Supreme Commander AR President Ilham Aliyev, the border troops will occupy posts and military installations on the border with Armenia in Gazakh and Agstafa regions.
This was announced on Friday by the commander of the border troops of the country, Elchin Guliyev, speaking at the reporting meeting of the State Border Service in 2018. He explained this decision by high combat readiness and equipment of the border forces. "The decision will make it possible to strengthen the combat readiness of the units of the BC of Azerbaijan, the creation of new reserve parts," Guliyev said.In addition to Gazakh and Agstafa, a number of regions border on Armenia: Tovuz, Gedabey and Dashkesan. Guliyev said nothing about these areas.