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    Ambassador of Lithuania to Azerbaijan resigns following publication of
    his phone talk concerning Nagorno-Karabakh
    by Emmanuil Lazarian

    ARMINFO
    Saturday, August 3, 14:34


    ArmInfo-Turan. Ambassadors of Lithuania to Azerbaijan and Hungary
    Arturas Zurauskas and Renatas Juska have resigned following the
    publication of recordings of their phone conversations concerning
    Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Concerning the resignation of Zurauskas, Lithuanian Foreign Minister
    Linas Linkevicius said: "The diplomat is aware of the fact that the
    existing situation is preventing him from properly executing his
    duties in the incumbent position. I consider it a respectable action.
    It is understandable that impeccable moral and ethical standards are
    expected from diplomats."

    Recordings of three phone conversations involving Zurauskas, Juska,
    Deputy Director of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry's Eastern
    Neighborhood Policy Department Zenonas Kumetaitis and the Ministry's
    official Gediminas Kasputis were published on youtube.com on July 8
    2013.

    The conversations concerned the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and
    Nagorno-Karabakh.

    More specifically, Juska asked Kumetaitis which of the conflicting
    parties he supported.
    "Here much depends on which of them is more pro-Russian. In terms of
    religion and humanity, the Armenians are closer to Russia - though
    they are rotten," Kumetaitis said.

    In his turn, Juska said that he felt sympathy for the Armenians:
    "They are Christians. They suffered much from the Stalin regime, which
    changed their territory just like it did to ours."

    According to Turan, it is not known who recorded the conversations and
    who put them on Youtube. The Lithuanians suspect the Russian special
    services, who, in their opinion, are trying to discredit the EU-member
    states in the eyes of Armenia and Azerbaijan, now that those countries
    are seeking to get closer to Europe.

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