Azerbaijan lets through its territory cargoes for Iran's N-plant

Azerbaijan lets through its territory cargoes for Iran's N-plant

01.05.2008, 19.58

BAKU, May 1 (Itar-Tass) - Azerbaijan has let through its territory the cargoes consigned from Russia for the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, sources at the State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic told Itar-Tass.

A truck carrying the consignment crossed the Azerbaijani-Iranian state border shortly after noon Thursday, the sources said.

Diplomatic sources indicated that the authorities issued permission for the transit of the cargo Wednesday.

Azerbaijani customs officers stopped the consignment of heat-insulating materials, due to be delivered to the Bushehr plant, on the border with Iran March 29. They said then there was no permission on the part of the Azerbaijani government for the transit of that cargo via the country’s territory.

April 30, the Russian side handed over all the required documents via the embassy in Baku, and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said the problem of the cargo’s passage would be settled shortly.