Belgian senator may be announced ‘persona non grata’ in Azerbaijan
By Rashid Shirinov
Belgian Senator, member of the Flemish Parliament Joris Poschet may be included into the list of undesirable persons of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for illegal visit to the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia.
“The Foreign Ministry is investigating information about the illegal visit of the Belgian politician to the Armenia-occupied Azerbaijani territories, and afterwards he may be included in the ministry’s list of people declared personae non gratae,” Ministry’s Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told Trend on June 22.
Armenian media outlets report that Joris Poschet, being in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, met with representatives of the illegal regime created in the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
Unauthorized visits to Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia are considered illegal, and any individuals paying such visits are included in the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's "black list".
Baku has repeatedly warned foreign officials and diplomats of illegality of visits to its territories that are occupied by Armenia, calling them contradictory to international law. The work is constantly carried out to prevent such illegal actions.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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