ArmInfo.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has responded to yesterday's statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the non-admission of citizens of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijani territory. The text is on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry called the approach of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry regarding the issue of non-admission of Russian citizens with Armenian roots to the country unacceptable. "We got acquainted with the reaction of the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan to our message about the non-admission of Russian citizens with Armenian descent to this country. Azerbaijan is Russian citizens as ostensibly unimportant against the background of the dynamic progressive development of bilateral relations. Such an approach is, of course, unacceptable, "on January18 in the official statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.
In response, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry made a new statement: "Azerbaijan and Russia are equal sovereign states and speak in an ultimatum tone with Azerbaijan is unacceptable and completely contrary to the ethical standards of diplomacy. The tone of the commentary by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan on this issue was absolutely adequate to the message style RF press service in this regard. "
It is noted that in 2018 over 880 thousand citizens of Russia visited Azerbaijan, therefore, "the inexplicable persistence of the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry in this matter is difficult to understand." "It contradicts the basis of strategic relations between Azerbaijan and Russia. At the same time, this approach in no way coincides with the will and work done by the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia in the development of relations between the two countries. Once again, we would like to note that the side will take adequate actions in accordance with the further steps of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, "the Azerbaijani Ministry stated.
To note, yesterday's statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that Moscow would like to hear substantive explanations from Baku on each incident with the Russians "instead of having no direct connection to the matter of general reasoning."Among these, according to the terminology of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry," special cases "are so flagrant as denial of entry in May 2018 to a veteran of World War II, an 81-year-old resident of besieged Leningrad, or a woman who is not allowed into the country in February 2017. the four-year-old son was detained for many hours in ai solation ward "the Ministry said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that it was waiting for official clarifications on the hints of the Azerbaijani side on the need for Russian citizens to coordinate trips to Azerbaijan with the republic's embassy in Moscow. This would be a violation of the Agreement on visa-free travel of citizens of the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan of July 3, 1997. It was noted that further steps will be determined depending on the substantive reaction of the Azerbaijani side.