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FOUR FOREIGNERS EXCLUDED FROM AZERBAIJANI LIST OF "PERSONA NON GRATA"
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 23 2013
23 SEPTEMBER 2013, 14:49 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has decided to exclude four foreign
nationals, previously included in its list of "persona non grata"
for the illegal visit to the Armenian-occupied territory of Azerbaijan.
The foreigners excluded from the list of "persona non grata" are
a member of the Russian State Duma Aleksey Mitrofanov, head of the
Moscow office of 'Voice of America' James Brook, and Johns Hopkins
University students, Ivan Benovich and Nichola Vondra.
The names of these individuals were excluded from the list after
their appeal to the Azerbaijani government, in which they requested
their names to be excluded from this list. They regretted about their
visits and stressed that they recognize the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan.
As a rule, the appeals asking to cancel this decision indicate that
these persons were taken to the occupied territory by deception.
Unauthorized visits to Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan
occupied by Armenia are deemed illegal and individuals paying such
visits are included in the "black list" of the Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry released a list of 335 people those
declared persona non grata over illegal visits to the Armenian-occupied
territories.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly warned foreign officials and diplomats
over visits to the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia,
saying this contradicts international law. The Foreign Ministry
has stated that such visits, paid without prior notification of the
relevant authorities of Azerbaijan, are illegal and damaging to the
settlement process on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless
so far.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
From: Baghdasarian
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 23 2013
23 SEPTEMBER 2013, 14:49 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has decided to exclude four foreign
nationals, previously included in its list of "persona non grata"
for the illegal visit to the Armenian-occupied territory of Azerbaijan.
The foreigners excluded from the list of "persona non grata" are
a member of the Russian State Duma Aleksey Mitrofanov, head of the
Moscow office of 'Voice of America' James Brook, and Johns Hopkins
University students, Ivan Benovich and Nichola Vondra.
The names of these individuals were excluded from the list after
their appeal to the Azerbaijani government, in which they requested
their names to be excluded from this list. They regretted about their
visits and stressed that they recognize the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan.
As a rule, the appeals asking to cancel this decision indicate that
these persons were taken to the occupied territory by deception.
Unauthorized visits to Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan
occupied by Armenia are deemed illegal and individuals paying such
visits are included in the "black list" of the Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry released a list of 335 people those
declared persona non grata over illegal visits to the Armenian-occupied
territories.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly warned foreign officials and diplomats
over visits to the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia,
saying this contradicts international law. The Foreign Ministry
has stated that such visits, paid without prior notification of the
relevant authorities of Azerbaijan, are illegal and damaging to the
settlement process on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless
so far.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
From: Baghdasarian