BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 15. Our overland borders are and should be closed. Why? So that people don't get infected. Because this disease mostly spreads across land borders. Therefore, we keep our borders closed and we are doing the right thing. We will keep them closed for as long as it is necessary – we are talking about land borders, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said addressing the meeting dedicated to the results of six months of this year, Trend reports.
"Unfortunately, there is information coming in, which, in fact, is being circulated by the World Health Organization, that some countries have to switch back to masks again. Of course, we are monitoring these trends. During the most difficult period of the pandemic, we also introduced certain restrictions, but after the situation improved, we canceled them. In other words, it is an ongoing process. Our overland borders are and should be closed. Why? So that people don't get infected. Because this disease mostly spreads across land borders. Therefore, we keep our borders closed and we are doing the right thing. We will keep them closed for as long as it is necessary – we are talking about land borders. We are doing this to protect the health of our people, in order not to lose them. This is our goal. During the COVID period, we allocated billions of dollars. I don’t want to repeat that now," the head of state said.
