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Turkey sends note to Azerbaijan

26 December 2006 17:48 (UTC +04:00)

Turkey FM appealed to Azerbaijan FM and Azerbaijani Embassy in Ankara and asked to give information about the incident. Azerbaijani Ambassador to Turkey Zakir Hashimov in his statement to the APA denied the notes given by Turkey FM. The ambassador said if something like this had happened, first I would know about it. The counsellor of Azerbaijani Embassy Jeyhun Mamadov said that Bedikyan did not appeal to the embassy to get visa. According to his words, Azerbaijani side did it because there could be many Azerbaijanis in the concert hall that lost his relatives in Karabakh war and in this case it would be difficult to ensure Armenian musicianâ€™s security. Mammadov noted that this event will not negatively affect Turkey â€“Azerbaijani relations and Azerbaijani side will express its attitude to the case tomorrow.
Azerbaijani FM did not take a stance on the fact.
It should be noted that Sertab Erener and Berdikyan arrived in Azerbaijan on December 19 to take part in 10th anniversary of Azercel. But they were deported from the airport. /APA/