Belarusian Ambassador to Armenia urged to refrain from hasty  conclusions related to extradition of Russian blog writer Lapshin to  Azerbaijan

ArmInfo.Belarusian Ambassador to Armenia Igor Nazaruk urged to refrain from hasty conclusions related to Minsk court decision on extradition of Russian blog writer  Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan for visiting Nagorno Karabakh. "Haste  makes waste", the Belarusian diplomat told journalists on January 25  on the sidelines of Armenian-Belarusian business meeting. 

According to Nazaruk it is wrong to expect relevant assessment from  the embassy of Belarus in Armenia urging to discuss this topic with  those structures, who are aware of it. "The Embassy does not possess  the information, you expect from me. Armenia has General Prosecutor's  Office and other agencies, which can solve this issue in cooperation  with their Belarusian partners. There is nothing easier than buying a  ticket to Misnk and solving all the issues at once not spreading  them", the diplomat stated. 

The Ambassador also noted that proceeding issues related to this or  that procedure are very sensitive and one should not forget about  secrecy of investigation. 

To remind, on January 20 General Prosecutor's Office of Belarus  fulfilled request of Azerbaijan's General Prosecutor's Office on  extradition of Russian and Israeli citizen famous blog writer  Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan. In the middle of December the  citizen of the Russian Federation Alexander Lapshin has been arrested  in the Republic of Belarus with the purpose of extradition on the  demand of Azerbaijan for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh and making notes  about those visitations in his blog. Lapshin is included in  Azerbaijan's black list for visiting Karabakh and he was forbidden to  enter Azerbaijan.  However, in June 2015 Lapshin arrived in  Azerbaijan via Georgia with his Ukrainian passport. After that  Azerbaijan put him on wanted list for violation of the law on state  border and migration code of the country.  

To note, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister stated at the  annual press conference in Moscow, commenting the detention of  Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin in Minsk due to  Azerbaijan's request for his visit to Nagorno Karabakh. "Russia is  against criminalization of journalists or simply private persons  visiting any region", he said. "Second, we are against extradition of  Russian nationals arrested in any country, to third countries. We had  consular contact with Lapshin, we know that he is also an Israeli  citizen and Israeli diplomats had contact with him as well. We will  take all the steps to solve this situation within the respect to all  the rights of Russian citizen, which is also an Israeli citizen,"  Lavrov accentuated.