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FOREIGN MINISTRY RELEASES LIST OF PERSONAS NON GRATA
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Aug 5 2013
5 August 2013, 14:55 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has published a list of those declared
persona non grata over illegal visits to the Armenian-occupied
territories of Azerbaijan.
The list includes 335 people whose arrival in the country is considered
undesirable, the Foreign Ministry told Trend news agency.
The list, among others, includes member of the House of Lords,
British Baroness Caroline Cox, head of the department of international
relations of the Russian Institute of Political and Military Analysis
Sergey Markedonov, State Duma deputy Maxim Mishchenko, director of the
Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin, French National Assembly
member Francois Rochebloine, members of the National Assembly of France
Georges Colombier and Valerie Boyer, singer Montserrat Caballe, and
former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
For violation of the law "On State Border" of Azerbaijan and disregard
for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, those
mentioned in the list are declared personas non grata and denied
entry to Azerbaijan.
Baku 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.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the early
1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed
forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions. The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal have not been enforced to this day.
Peace talks aimed at resolving the long-standing conflict, mediated by
Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE Minsk Group, are underway
on the basis of a peace outline proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs
and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The negotiations have been largely
fruitless so far.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/57769.html
From: A. Papazian
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Aug 5 2013
5 August 2013, 14:55 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has published a list of those declared
persona non grata over illegal visits to the Armenian-occupied
territories of Azerbaijan.
The list includes 335 people whose arrival in the country is considered
undesirable, the Foreign Ministry told Trend news agency.
The list, among others, includes member of the House of Lords,
British Baroness Caroline Cox, head of the department of international
relations of the Russian Institute of Political and Military Analysis
Sergey Markedonov, State Duma deputy Maxim Mishchenko, director of the
Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin, French National Assembly
member Francois Rochebloine, members of the National Assembly of France
Georges Colombier and Valerie Boyer, singer Montserrat Caballe, and
former EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.
For violation of the law "On State Border" of Azerbaijan and disregard
for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, those
mentioned in the list are declared personas non grata and denied
entry to Azerbaijan.
Baku 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.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the early
1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed
forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions. The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal have not been enforced to this day.
Peace talks aimed at resolving the long-standing conflict, mediated by
Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE Minsk Group, are underway
on the basis of a peace outline proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs
and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The negotiations have been largely
fruitless so far.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/57769.html
From: A. Papazian