US and Swiss astronauts on Azerbaijan's "blacklist"
The former United States astronaut Charles Duke and Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier will be included in Azerbaijan's blacklist, spokesman of the Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev told media.
According to Abdullayev, the two astronauts will be denied visit to Azerbaijan, as they have traveled to Nagorno-Karabakh, a region which is part of Azerbaijan, but under Armenian occupation.
"Traveling to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan without a permission of Azerbaijan is illegal," he said.
He explained that those who visited Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions of Azerbaijan occupied by neighboring Armenia will be included in the "list of undesirable persons."
According to the Armenian media, Duke and Nicollier traveled to Nagorno Karabakh to take part in the conference titled "Human and Space" on Sept. 16.
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