Turkish ambassador promised to handover to Azerbaijan the citizens of the country who visited Nagorno- Karabakh

ArmInfo. Ankara wants to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the independence and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, on the basis of international law and decisions adopted by various international organizations. Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ercan Ozoral told APA, commenting on the visit of representatives of the Turkish intelligentsia to Nagorno-Karabakh. "We just learned that some Turkish citizens went to Nagorno-Karabakh. Such illegal visits, of course, harm the settlement process. Turkey strongly condemns actions aimed at torpedoing the settlement process. The persons making this visit do not have the authority to represent Turkey's official position. They went there for personal reasons. Our official position is known to everyone," the ambassador said. Ozoral also commented on the initiation of criminal cases in Azerbaijan against Turkish citizens who made a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh. He said that this is a legal process, the requirements of which will be fulfilled: "We respect the legal system."

To remind, a few days ago representatives of the Turkish intelligentsia, a member of the Green Party and the Left Future political party, the chairman of the public organization "Ankara Platform of Thinking" Ufuk Uraz, writer and public figure Said Chekinoglu, some Ali Bayramoglu, writer and showman Erol Katyrchyoglu visited Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. This visit caused a painful reaction in Azerbaijan.  The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan initiated a criminal case against the above-mentioned persons and conducts an inspection, moreover, they are declared on the international wanted list by the Interpol line. Also note that Turkey does not extradite its citizens to foreign countries at the request of Interpol.