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AZERBAIJAN INCLUDES CALIFORNIA SENATOR IN "BLACK LIST"
Trend
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has included California Senate
Environmental Quality Committee chairman, Senator Joseph Simitian
into the "black list", Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman
Abdullayev told Trend.
Simitian illegally visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan
without permission from Azerbaijan's appropriate agencies.
"Prior to his visit to Armenia, Simitian held meetings in Baku,"
Abdullayev told Trend.
"However, unfortunately, he traveled to the Azerbaijani lands occupied
by Armenia showing disrespect for the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan, not informing the relevant bodies of the
Azerbaijan Republic and without permission. Accordingly, the ministry
made a decision to include him in the list of persona-non."
Azerbaijan's position on this issue is strict and indisputable:
those who showed disrespect to Azerbaijan and its laws will be
included in this list. This is a flagrant violation of domestic law,
Abdullayev said.
He said a person who makes the laws and is a member of the legislature
of California, should not himself violate any laws.
Simitian visited Nagorno-Karabakh, met with representatives of the
separatist regime, the Armenian media reported.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
Oct 3 2011
Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has included California Senate
Environmental Quality Committee chairman, Senator Joseph Simitian
into the "black list", Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman
Abdullayev told Trend.
Simitian illegally visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan
without permission from Azerbaijan's appropriate agencies.
"Prior to his visit to Armenia, Simitian held meetings in Baku,"
Abdullayev told Trend.
"However, unfortunately, he traveled to the Azerbaijani lands occupied
by Armenia showing disrespect for the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan, not informing the relevant bodies of the
Azerbaijan Republic and without permission. Accordingly, the ministry
made a decision to include him in the list of persona-non."
Azerbaijan's position on this issue is strict and indisputable:
those who showed disrespect to Azerbaijan and its laws will be
included in this list. This is a flagrant violation of domestic law,
Abdullayev said.
He said a person who makes the laws and is a member of the legislature
of California, should not himself violate any laws.
Simitian visited Nagorno-Karabakh, met with representatives of the
separatist regime, the Armenian media reported.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.