Lithuanian Ambassador Summoned To Azerbaijan’S For.Min Over N.K Group
Baltic News Service / – BNS
March 19, 2013 Tuesday 1:35 PM EET
VILNIUS, Mar 19, BNS – Lithuania’s Ambassador in Baku Arturas
Zurauskas was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry to explain
over the group of friendship with Nagorno Karabakh established at
the Lithuanian parliament.
Zurauskas confirmed to BNS he met with Azerbaijan’s Foreign
Vice-Minister Halaf Halafov on Monday.
“Formally, he did not hand me a note but expressed the concerns from
Azerbaijan’s side, which have been cited everywhere. This is what
happened. No official note was received, however, it has the same
power, whether it is in a written or verbal form. I forwarded the
things I was told to the center just like it was a written form,”
the ambassador told BNS.
An official announcement was made during a parliamentary plenary
meeting last week about establishment of the friendship group with
the unrecognized republic of Nagorno Karabakh. The group was founded
during an event held at the Seimas in the end of February. Nagorno
Karabakh’s foreign minister was present at the event.
Lithuania’s former foreign minister Audronius Azubalis of the
opposition Conservatives then expressed indignation, saying the move
would affect the country’s official foreign policy. Earlier this month,
Azerbaijan’s ambassador handed a note to Lithuania over the group as
a potential threat to bilateral relations.
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