 Azerbaijan temporarily suspended passage of ICRC vehicles in state border exit point in Lachin. Since the establishment of the Lachin border checkpoint on the state border with the Republic of Armenia, necessary conditions have been created for the passage of vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC across the state border, subject to appropriate border and custom clearance. The press centre of the state border service of Azerbaijan announced it. However, over the past period, employees of the state border service have repeatedly detected attempts to smuggle various types of goods into ICRC vehicles. The use of medical evacuation vehicles owned by the ICRC for smuggling is not only a gross violation of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, but also an abuse of the country's trust in the ICRC, a humanitarian organisation, state border service of Azerbaijan announced. It is noted that a criminal case was opened with the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the facts of smuggling and the crossing from the state border crossing point in Lachin was temporarily suspended until the necessary investigative measures were carried out. ICRC has responded to the information on the transport of unauthorised goods across the Lachin corridor. The International Committee of the Red Cross is aware of concerns raised about the transport of unauthorised goods across the Lachin corridor and does not support any such activity. However, we regret that without our knowledge, four hired drivers tried to transport some commercial goods in their own vehicles, which were temporarily displaying the ICRC emblem. These individuals were not ICRC staff members and their work service contracts were immediately terminated by the ICRC. The ICRC said in the response,