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    Lithuanian Ambassador Summoned To Azerbaijan'S For.Min Over N.K Group

    Baltic News Service / - BNS
    March 19, 2013 Tuesday 1:35 PM EET

    VILNIUS, Mar 19, BNS - Lithuania's Ambassador in Baku Arturas
    Zurauskas was summoned to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry to explain
    over the group of friendship with Nagorno Karabakh established at
    the Lithuanian parliament.

    Zurauskas confirmed to BNS he met with Azerbaijan's Foreign
    Vice-Minister Halaf Halafov on Monday.

    "Formally, he did not hand me a note but expressed the concerns from
    Azerbaijan's side, which have been cited everywhere. This is what
    happened. No official note was received, however, it has the same
    power, whether it is in a written or verbal form. I forwarded the
    things I was told to the center just like it was a written form,"
    the ambassador told BNS.

    An official announcement was made during a parliamentary plenary
    meeting last week about establishment of the friendship group with
    the unrecognized republic of Nagorno Karabakh. The group was founded
    during an event held at the Seimas in the end of February. Nagorno
    Karabakh's foreign minister was present at the event.

    Lithuania's former foreign minister Audronius Azubalis of the
    opposition Conservatives then expressed indignation, saying the move
    would affect the country's official foreign policy. Earlier this month,
    Azerbaijan's ambassador handed a note to Lithuania over the group as
    a potential threat to bilateral relations.

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