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    Azerbaijan panic-stricken by Lithuania-Artsakh Parliamentary
    Friendship Group's visit to Artsakh

    by Ashot Safaryan

    ARMINFO
    Tuesday, September 2, 20:15

    Azerbaijan is panic-stricken by the Lithuania-Artsakh Parliamentary
    Friendship Group delegation's visit to Artsakh.

    According to APA, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Lithuania Hasan
    Mammadzadeh said that the Lithuanian MP's visit to Armenia and then to
    Karabakh triggered serious public condemnation and criticism in
    Lithuania itself.

    He noted that he held meetings with the Vice-Speaker of the Lithuanian
    Seimas, the Chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee
    and the Deputy Foreign Minister. "Friendly relations between
    Azerbaijan and Lithuania were especially emphasized at each of those
    meetings. Lithuania's parliamentary and governmental leaders,
    intellectuals, the country's leading media outlets and MPs strongly
    condemned the visit. Each of them stresses Azerbaijan being an
    important strategic partner for Lithuania during the meetings with me
    and criticizes this visit", he said.

    Mammadzadeh noted that as a protest against this visit, Lithuania's 15
    well-known public organizations are going to appeal to the President
    of Lithuania with a joint statement.

    In the meantime, in response to APA's request, the Foreign Ministry of
    Lithuania said that Dalia Kuodyte is a member of the Lithuanian
    Parliament and that at the moment she is on a personal trip to Armenia
    and Nagorno- Karabakh on her own initiative.

    The Ministry points out that Dalia Kuodyte's trip will not affect
    Lithuania's stance on the Karabakh peace process and the
    Azeri-Armenian relations. The Foreign Ministry of Lithuania believes
    that the MP's personal trip will not harm the actively developing
    friendly ties between Lithuania and Azerbaijan.

    To note, on September 1 the members of the delegation of the
    Lithuania-Artsakh Parliamentary Friendship Group headed by Dalia
    Kuodyte visited Nagorno-Karabakh and held a number of meetings there.

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