ArmInfo. US Ambassador Robert Cekuta was summoned to Azeri Foreign Ministry because of the forthcoming visit of Artsakh President to Washington.
"In connection with the visit of Bako Sahakyan to the US and the holding of an event promoting the regime, in the administrative building of the US Congress, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Cekuta was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, he was given a note of protest sent by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to the US Department of State, the head of the press service of the Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend.
Also, the Azerbaijani ambassador to the US, having held a meeting in the State Department, presented the American side with the protest of Azerbaijan.
"The note says that getting an American visa on an Armenian passport and entering the US on the basis of" unreliable "information provided by Bako Sahakyan, a resident of the city of Khankendi (Stepanakert red.), Permission to conduct events promoting the regime in relevant US institutions and aimed at on the collection of finance in the US in support of the "occupation of territories," contradict the norms and principles of international law, the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council, bilateral documents signed between Azerbaijan and the United States , and the US official position.
This step of the US is regarded as an activity against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," Hajiyev said.
The President of Artsakh will go to Washington, where he has a number of meetings and events planned.