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IRAN SUMMONS AZERI AMBASSADOR OVER BORDER GUARD KILLING
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 21, 2011 - 13:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Azerbaijani
ambassador to Tehran to protest the killing of an unarmed Iranian
border guard for 'straying' into Azerbaijan.
Press TV reports that the head of Border Affairs Office in Iran's
Foreign Ministry criticized the Azeri border guards' reported
detention and killing of a young Iranian border guard and said such
an act contravenes international regulations, and flouts agreements
between the two countries.
The Iranian official also called on the Azeri government to bring
the perpetrators to justice, a Foreign Ministry's statement said on
Friday, October 21.
The Azerbaijani ambassador expressed regret over the incident and
assured that Tehran's message would be conveyed to Baku as soon as
possible and that a response would be relayed to the Iranian Foreign
Ministry.
On Wednesday, an unarmed Iranian border guard entered Azerbaijani
territory by mistake and was shot dead by Azeri security forces.
A similar incident occurred in early July when an Azerbaijani border
guard who crossed into Iran was killed in a clash with Iranian guards.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 21, 2011 - 13:09 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Azerbaijani
ambassador to Tehran to protest the killing of an unarmed Iranian
border guard for 'straying' into Azerbaijan.
Press TV reports that the head of Border Affairs Office in Iran's
Foreign Ministry criticized the Azeri border guards' reported
detention and killing of a young Iranian border guard and said such
an act contravenes international regulations, and flouts agreements
between the two countries.
The Iranian official also called on the Azeri government to bring
the perpetrators to justice, a Foreign Ministry's statement said on
Friday, October 21.
The Azerbaijani ambassador expressed regret over the incident and
assured that Tehran's message would be conveyed to Baku as soon as
possible and that a response would be relayed to the Iranian Foreign
Ministry.
On Wednesday, an unarmed Iranian border guard entered Azerbaijani
territory by mistake and was shot dead by Azeri security forces.
A similar incident occurred in early July when an Azerbaijani border
guard who crossed into Iran was killed in a clash with Iranian guards.