Checkpoints across the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

International checkpoints on the border of the Republic of Kazakhstan with Uzbekistan

At the Kaplanbek customs post, heavy trucks stand idle for three days

There is unprecedented pandemonium on the border with Uzbekistan: more than 200 trucks have accumulated at the Kaplanbek checkpoint. Drivers complain that they have to sit in traffic jams for several days, and they are transporting perishable products. Outraged people blame Kazakhstani customs officers for everything. The checkpoint workers themselves admit the problem, but claim that they are not to blame, KTK reports.

The Kaplanbek customs post is now restless: there are kilometer-long traffic jams and scandals for days on end. Trucks carrying milk, meat, fruits and vegetables have to sit here for at least three days.

– I’m coming, I’ve been traveling from Moscow here for three days, three days. And I wait three days at the border. Just drive through Kazakhstan. This is what's going on here. Dust. There is not a single place, not even a toilet, not to wash, not to eat. We've been standing there for three days. “We can somehow solve this,” says driver Davlat Rakhimov.

This situation, drivers say, drives not only depression, but also debt. After all, no one needs damaged goods. And the migration service seems to specifically issue permits, not taking into account the kilometer-long traffic jams at the border.

– Yesterday I went through Uzbekistan on purpose so that I wouldn’t get a fine. When we pass, they ask: “Where are you going?” I say: “I’m going to Saryagach,” they make it for three days. I say: “But I don’t have time, there’s a line at the borders.” - "We do not care". All. The boards are already turning black and starting to rot. Then how will the client use them? This is why I will have complaints later. What do I have to do with it if the border doesn’t work? – driver Denis Frank is indignant.

Drivers claim that intermediaries have already taken advantage of the congestion. For a certain fee, they offer to resolve this or that issue as quickly as possible.

– They simply ask for 50 thousand tenge for printing. And they also ask to let the car through without checking. The price goes up to $100 or even more. Why do customs keep things like that, why don’t they let dogs in to make it faster? – driver Azamat Bauyrzhan.

But customs officers explain the congestion quite logically. They say that everything is because of the old bridge on the neutral zone of the Uzbek-Kazakh border. It is considered an emergency, hence the long wait.

– Yes, there are problems with cars that leave Kazakhstan. But it's not our fault. The thing is that there is an old emergency bridge in the neutral zone. And it can’t handle more than two cars. As a result, cars are forced to pass with long pauses, says Galymzhan Kulbaev, senior specialist at the Kaplanbek customs post.

But drivers have little faith in this version. They say that the same situation is now developing at other posts, but there are no emergency bridges there. No one knows who is to blame and what to do with the overdue cargo. Now the main task of drivers is to at least somewhere find some food and water until customs gives the go-ahead.

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The Kaplanbek customs post is now restless: there are kilometer-long traffic jams and scandals for days on end. Trucks carrying milk, meat, fruits and vegetables have to sit here for at least three days.

Davlat Rakhimov, driver:

– I come, I travel from Moscow here for three days, three days. And I wait three days at the border. Just drive through Kazakhstan. This is what's going on here. Dust. There is not a single place, not even a toilet, not to wash, not to eat. We've been standing there for three days. Is there any way to solve this?

This situation, drivers say, drives not only depression, but also debt. After all, no one needs damaged goods. And the migration service seems to specifically issue permits, not taking into account the kilometer-long traffic jams at the border.

Denis Frank, driver:

– Yesterday I went through Uzbekistan on purpose so that I wouldn’t get a fine. When we pass, they ask: “Where are you going?” I say: “I’m going to Saryagach,” they make it for three days. I say: “But I don’t have time, there’s a line at the borders.” - "We do not care". All.

The boards are already turning black and starting to rot. Then how will the client use them? This is why I will have complaints later. What do I have to do with it if the border doesn’t work?

Drivers claim that intermediaries have already taken advantage of the congestion. For a certain fee, they offer to resolve this or that issue as soon as possible.

Azamat Bauyrzhan, driver:

– They simply ask for 50 thousand tenge for printing. And they also ask to let the car through without checking. The price goes up to $100 or even more. Why do customs keep things like that, why don’t they let dogs in to make it faster?

But customs officers explain the congestion quite logically. They say that it’s all because of the old bridge on the neutral zone of the Uzbek-Kazakh border. It is considered an emergency, hence the long wait.

Galymzhan Kulbaev, senior specialist at the Kaplanbek customs post:

– Yes, there are problems with cars leaving Kazakhstan. But it's not our fault. The thing is that there is an old emergency bridge in the neutral zone. And it can’t handle more than two cars. As a result, cars are forced to pass with long pauses.

But drivers have little faith in this version. They say that the same situation is now developing at other posts, but there are no emergency bridges there. No one knows who is to blame and what to do with the overdue cargo. Now the main task of drivers –

at least somewhere to find some food and water until customs gives the go-ahead.

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Azerbaijan and Armenia open customs posts on the Goris-Kapan road

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Azerbaijan notified Armenia about the installation of a customs point on the Goris-Kapan highway section, the Armenian side will install its own checkpoint there, said Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan. The alternative Kapan-Tatev road has been prepared for all types of transport, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia said.

As the Caucasian Knot wrote, on September 11, an Azerbaijani police post installed on the border section of the road between the Armenian cities of Goris and Kapan began operating. According to Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan, Azerbaijanis stop trucks with Iranian license plates and demand payment from them. Two Iranian truckers transporting cement were detained by Azerbaijani police in September on charges of illegally crossing the border. However, on October 21, the drivers were released after Iran banned its drivers from traveling through Armenian territory into the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Tension in relations between Baku and Tehran is subsiding, Turan agency columnist Tofig Turkel and political scientist Zardusht Alizadeh stated on October 21. Armenian and Azerbaijani analysts also agreed in their assessment of the detente between Baku and Tehran.

The Azerbaijani side informed Armenia that from 00.00 local time on November 11, a checkpoint will open on the 21-kilometer section of the Goris-Kapan highway, where customs and border procedures will be carried out, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan said on November 10

in an interview with Public TV.

The same actions, according to Grigoryan, will be carried out in this area by the Armenian side, which will also install its own checkpoint. The Armenian side has already carried out preparatory work in this direction, he added.

The alternative road Kapan - Tatev is already ready for all types of cars, noted Armen Grigoryan.

Information about the readiness of the alternative road was also confirmed by the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan

. According to him, on November 10 the road was put into operation. In parallel, work is underway to pave the intercommunal roads of those villages that are located on this section of the road - Shurnukh, Vorotan, Chakaten, he noted.

Full-scale battles took place in Nagorno-Karabakh from September 27 to November 9, 2021. On November 10, 2021, a peace agreement came into force, according to which Baku gained control over the territories occupied during the autumn war. What territories these are can be seen on the map prepared by the Caucasian Knot. Also, the “Caucasian Knot” published a map of the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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