Head of SRC: Armenia does not need new customs point on Goris-Kapan  road 

ArmInfo.The Armenian government is doing everything possible to ensure that cargo  transportation through the territory of Armenia for Iranian drivers  is as comfortable as possible, Rustam Badasyan, chairman of the State  Revenue Committee (SRC), said on September 29 in an interview with  reporters.

"Everything possible is being done to make service at customs  terminals as comfortable as possible for them, without additional  difficulties for business entities," he said.

Touching upon the establishment of a police station by Azerbaijan on  the Vorotan section of the Goris- Kapan interstate road, the head of  the SRC noted that complex measures are required to resolve the  issue.  The government is already working in this direction, he said.

At the same time, according to the chairman of the tax and customs  committee, there is no need to establish an additional customs point,  since the department carries out its functions through the existing  infrastructure.

It should be reminded that on September 12, at 12:00pm, Azerbaijan  began to stop trucks with Iranian numbers on the section under its  control not far from the Armenian village of Vorotan of the  Goris-Kapan highway passing through the territory of the Republic of  Armenia. It turned out that the Azerbaijani military was stopping  Iranian trucks and demanding a fare from them. A day later, they  detained two Iranian drivers on the Goris-Kapan section of the  highway, accusing them of transporting goods to Stepanakert. As  stated in the State Customs Committee (SCC) of Azerbaijan, Baku  established control on the section of the Goris-Kapan road passing  through the Syunik region of Armenia, "in accordance with the  Azerbaijani tax code. And vehicles are subject to road tax, as well  as a state duty for obtaining a permit regulating international road  transport in the territory of Azerbaijan. "

Nevertheless, on September 15 in parliament, Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan referred to the borders of Soviet Armenia and stated  that the country would stubbornly follow the strategy of establishing  a strong peace in the region and urged the deputies not to give a  reason for a different understanding of the situation. He said that  "we need strong nerves" in order not to succumb to provocations  today. And Deputy Prime Minister Suren Papikyan, in an interview with  journalists, when asked whether Azerbaijanis will remain on a number  of sections of the Goris-Kapan road, noted that Armenia cannot make a  decision regarding "police stations operating on the territory of  Azerbaijan." According to him, although the countries did not go  through the process of delimitation and demarcation, but on this  section the road existing between Soviet Azerbaijan and Soviet  Armenia has already been preliminarily outlined.