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Azerbaijani FM responds to statement made by spokespersons of Catherine Ashton and Å tefan FÃ¼le

06 May 2014 16:14 (UTC +04:00)

The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev noted that the Joint Statement having political nature falls short of the reality on the ground, and is an attempt to distort the true sense of the legal proceedings instituted with regard to Rauf Mirkadirov and call of Leyla Yunusova and Arif Yunusov as witnesses in this process.

He noted that investigation launched by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan is not related to their journalistic or civil society activities.

“While the case is under the investigation, any early judgments and politically motivated statements are nothing but attempts to interfere into and to exert pressure on the investigation. It is also absolutely unacceptable from the rule of law’s point of view.

As it is well-known, Azerbaijan has always been supportive to inter-communal dialogue between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. We believe that such a dialogue conducive to mutual understanding and confidence, will significantly contribute to the peace process as a whole”, said E. Abdullayev.