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Azerbaijan sends note to Germany

24 September 2014 09:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rufet Ahmadzadeh – APA. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has commented on the visits of German Bundestag members and a French Senate representative to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

Acting Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev said the Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany sent a letter to the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany and a note to the German Foreign Ministry concerning the visit of Bundestag members Manfred Grund and Albert Weiler to Azerbaijan’s occupied territories, APA reports.

German Foreign Ministry official said in response to the embassy’s note that the German government has not changed its position on Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. He added that the German Foreign Ministry continually calls on the Bundestag to avoid such visits, informing them about Azerbaijan’s principal approach against those who make an illegal visit to its occupied territories.

The German Bundestag said in response to the embassy’s letter that the parliamentarians’ visit can not be perceived as one made on behalf of the Bundestag. And the Bundestag has not covered the expenses of the visit. Both the German Foreign Ministry and the Bundestag stated that the parliamentarians have made a visit on their personal initiatives.

Hajiyev noted that Azerbaijani Embassy in France would also investigate the reports on the visit of the representative of French Senate to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan that were disseminated by media outlets on September 23 and take necessary measures.

“Visiting the occupied Azerbaijani territories without the consent of the Republic of Azerbaijan is a violation of the law “On the state border”. Such persons are blacklisted by Azerbaijan. People, visiting the occupied territories of Azerbaijan running contrary to the international law and laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, should understand that they are playing role in promotion of separatism, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, aggression and occupation. Furthermore, the actions of these individuals run contrary to the principles of humanism and international humanitarian law, as they are disrespecting feelings and rights of more than one million Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced persons. Persons, calling themselves as MPs, should realize and respect their responsibility to voters of their countries regarding such inhumane and illegal actions.