ArmInfo.On March 12, the delegation of the Republic of Artsakh, headed by President Bako Sahakyan, arrived in Washington with a working visit to the capital of the United States of America. This was reported by the press service of the head of the Artsakh state.
As ArmInfo reported earlier, Bako Sahakyan's visit to the US provoked the wrath of official Baku. US Ambassador Robert Sekuta was summoned to the "carpet" in Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan. "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 Sekuta 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 - Ed.), Permission to conduct events promoting the regime in relevant US institutions and aimed at collecting 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 US And, and the official position of the US This step is regarded by the US as an activity against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, "Hajiyev said.
It should be noted that a number of meetings and events are planned for the President of Artsakh in Washington.