Azerbaijan is reinforcing border with Iran due to possible attack

Azerbaijani TV station ANS: Fears influx of Iranian refugees. Hat tip to Iran Freedom Foundation.

The Azerbaijani-Iranian border is being reinforced in connection with a possible US attack on Iran. The border is being reinforced under a project within the framework of the EU's New Neighborhood Policy. The project will go ahead in May. READ MORE

[Correspondent] The EU is set to implement the project which is being carried out within the framework of the New Neighborhood Policy. The EU has singled out the Bilasuvar-Astara stretch as the most difficult section of the Azerbaijani border.

Elcin Quliyev, head of the State Border Service, held talks with representatives of the EU and the International Organization for Migration [IOM] on the subject a few days ago, Ahmad Sirinov, head of the national program of the IOM office in Azerbaijan, has told ANS.

Under the project, which will cost 2m euros at the preliminary stage, a 249-km section of the Iranian-Azerbaijani border will be provided with special equipment and the infrastructure in that section will be improved, Sirinov said. The IOM will allocate nearly 200,000 euros to this project.

The reinforcement of the Azerbaijani-Iranian border is connected with a possible attack on Iran.

Sirinov says Azerbaijan can see an influx of Iranian refugees if the USA attacks Iran; he said the reinforcement of the border with Iran will also help fight drug trafficking.