ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is not aware of the scandalous incident with the deportation of a citizen of Estonia of Armenian origin from Baku.
The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has requested Turan agency to inform that they are not aware of the fact of the detention and expulsion of a Estonian citizen. - said in a statement.
It should be noted that the Estonian citizen, adviser to the chairman of the Tallinn City Council Karina Oganesyan, who flew to the international conference of teachers in the Estonian delegation, was expelled from Azerbaijan because of her Armenian origin. Armenian Ambassador to Estonia Tigran Mkrtchyan in this connection on his Facebook page presented the details of the incident and assessed the actions of Baku.
Thus, Mkrtchyan wrote that on March 23, an Estonian citizen, adviser to the chairman of the Tallinn city council Karina Hovhannisyan as a member of the Estonian delegation flew to Baku to attend an international conference of teachers. "Oganesian officially received an electronic visa and went to Baku as a member of the delegation, however, upon arrival at the airport, the Azerbaijani authorities" noticed an omission "- her Armenian origin and did not allow entry into the country. After 12 hours of detention in a special zone, she was sent back to Estonia: This behavior once again demonstrates the intolerant, racist nature of the Azerbaijani authorities, which is once again cynical with the Armenian values alien to it, "the Armenian Ambassador wrote. At the same time, the Armenian diplomat expressed hope that the Estonian side will draw conclusions and respond adequately to this incident, defending the interests of its citizens. In his opinion, European institutions should not remain indifferent to the incident, since Estonia is a member of the EU. . It should be noted that this is not the first time when citizens of another state of Armenian origin are refused entry to Azerbaijan.