SPEAKER OF RUSSIAN STATE DUMA DISCONTENTED WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NUMBER OF RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS AS PERSONAS NON GRATA BY AZERBAIJAN
ArmInfo
2010-05-31 17:22:00
AmInfo.Speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov said in Yerevan
on Monday he is discontented with announcement of a number of Russian
parliamentarians as personas non grata by Azerbaijan. Gryzlov in
is Yerevan to attend the session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly
Council. - "The parliamentarians were not official delegates of the
Russian State Duma. As far as I know there were at least one hundred
observers from various countries in the territory of Nagorny Karabakh.
I am discontented with the decision of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
with regards to Russian parliamentarians," he said.
To recall, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made a list of the
foreigners, who observed the elections in Nagorno Karabakh. They will
be banned from arriving in Azerbaijan. The black list also includes
Russian parliamentarians Konstantin Zatulin, Igor Chernishenko,
Kiril Cherkasov, Tatyana Volojinskaya, Maksim Mishenko because of
their participation in monitoring of the parliamentary elections
in the NKR on May 23. The list comprises also Galina Ratnikova, a
member of the State Duma Student Parliament, international observer,
Victor Sheinis, public and political figure, and Andrey Areshev,
expert of the Strategic Culture Fund.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-05-31 17:22:00
AmInfo.Speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov said in Yerevan
on Monday he is discontented with announcement of a number of Russian
parliamentarians as personas non grata by Azerbaijan. Gryzlov in
is Yerevan to attend the session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly
Council. - "The parliamentarians were not official delegates of the
Russian State Duma. As far as I know there were at least one hundred
observers from various countries in the territory of Nagorny Karabakh.
I am discontented with the decision of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
with regards to Russian parliamentarians," he said.
To recall, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made a list of the
foreigners, who observed the elections in Nagorno Karabakh. They will
be banned from arriving in Azerbaijan. The black list also includes
Russian parliamentarians Konstantin Zatulin, Igor Chernishenko,
Kiril Cherkasov, Tatyana Volojinskaya, Maksim Mishenko because of
their participation in monitoring of the parliamentary elections
in the NKR on May 23. The list comprises also Galina Ratnikova, a
member of the State Duma Student Parliament, international observer,
Victor Sheinis, public and political figure, and Andrey Areshev,
expert of the Strategic Culture Fund.
From: A. Papazian