Six Georgian citizens arrested for breaching the border with Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani border guards have detained six Georgian citizens trying to cross the Azeri-Georgian border. This was reported by the Trend with reference to the site of the State Border Guard Service.

The violators are Zurab Hihityashvili, Nodar Gogiladze, Valery Zabiyev, Edward Arzumov, Sergei Lihendiyan and Michael Gaikovich. They were arrested at Lake Akgel in Agstafa region.

The detainees tried to violate the state border using 1 rubber and 1 iron boats, the APA.az reported.

In May this year, a scandal erupted around the monastery complex David Gareji located at the Azerbaijani-Georgian border. Information occasion were the rumors that the Azerbaijani border guards put up posts right in the middle of the complex and did not let the tourists in.

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