Azerbaijani Forces Reportedly Set Up Checkpoints On Road Connecting Armenia Cities

Azerbaijani forces have reportedly set up checkpoints on a strategic road connecting Armenia to Iran. The highway passes through areas handed over to Azerbaijan by Armenia as a condition of a Russian-brokered cease-fire last year which guaranteed a free flow of traffic. Witnesses said the forces have been collecting money from Iranian truckers for use of the road in violation of the terms of the cease-fire.