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CHAIRMAN OF GEORGIAN WRITERS UNION DECLARED PERSONA NON-GRATA IN AZERBAIJAN
News.Az
Tue 04 December 2012 16:40 GMT | 16:40 Local Time
Our position related to the visit of foreign citizens to Nagorno
Karabakh is clear.
The statement came from spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Elman Abdullayev at a briefing on Tuesday.
"Nagorno Karabakh is ruled by a separatist and criminal regime.
Nagorno Karabakh is occupied by Armenia and any foreigner who visits
the occupied lands of Azerbaijan without coordination with the Foreign
Ministry of Azerbaijan will be barred from our country", he said.
According to Heorgian agency Iveroni, the chairman of the Georgian
Writers Union Makval Gonashvili is declared persona non-grata in
Azerbaijan for the visit to Nagorno Karabakh on 16-18 November.
According to Gonashvili, she went to Karabakh for the night of
poetry, which had no attitude to policy, however, due to Azerbaijan's
annoyance, this trip received political shade.
"I did not do it to offend anyone. I did it for the young people who
were waiting for me in Karabakh for the night of poetry. As soon as
I came to Georgia, I was contacted from the Georgian Foreign Ministry
and told me to abstain from travelling to Azerbaijan. As it has become
clear, the information about my visit was presented by the Georgian
embassy to Azerbaijan", Gonashvili said.
It has to be noted that on the same day Makvala Gonashvili wrote a
letter in which she apologized for visiting Nagorno Karabakh.
"I have always been, remain and will be the true fan and admirer of
Azerbaijani culture and will always love the people of Azerbaijan.
Probably, my step will close the Azerbaijani border for me, which is
extremely frustrating but it is even more frustrating, if the hearts
of my Azerbaijani friends will close for me. I ask them to forgive
me for offending you without any malice intent", Gonashvili said.
From: A. Papazian
News.Az
Tue 04 December 2012 16:40 GMT | 16:40 Local Time
Our position related to the visit of foreign citizens to Nagorno
Karabakh is clear.
The statement came from spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Elman Abdullayev at a briefing on Tuesday.
"Nagorno Karabakh is ruled by a separatist and criminal regime.
Nagorno Karabakh is occupied by Armenia and any foreigner who visits
the occupied lands of Azerbaijan without coordination with the Foreign
Ministry of Azerbaijan will be barred from our country", he said.
According to Heorgian agency Iveroni, the chairman of the Georgian
Writers Union Makval Gonashvili is declared persona non-grata in
Azerbaijan for the visit to Nagorno Karabakh on 16-18 November.
According to Gonashvili, she went to Karabakh for the night of
poetry, which had no attitude to policy, however, due to Azerbaijan's
annoyance, this trip received political shade.
"I did not do it to offend anyone. I did it for the young people who
were waiting for me in Karabakh for the night of poetry. As soon as
I came to Georgia, I was contacted from the Georgian Foreign Ministry
and told me to abstain from travelling to Azerbaijan. As it has become
clear, the information about my visit was presented by the Georgian
embassy to Azerbaijan", Gonashvili said.
It has to be noted that on the same day Makvala Gonashvili wrote a
letter in which she apologized for visiting Nagorno Karabakh.
"I have always been, remain and will be the true fan and admirer of
Azerbaijani culture and will always love the people of Azerbaijan.
Probably, my step will close the Azerbaijani border for me, which is
extremely frustrating but it is even more frustrating, if the hearts
of my Azerbaijani friends will close for me. I ask them to forgive
me for offending you without any malice intent", Gonashvili said.
From: A. Papazian