Last year, Azerbaijan declared persona non grata 238 foreigners for visiting Artsakh

Arminfo, Armenia
April 2 2020

ArmInfo. In 2019, 238 foreign citizens were included in the "black list of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan" for visiting Artsakh.

APA reports that this is stated in the report of the Cabinet of  Ministers for 2019.

It is noted that on the basis of received appeals and information  during 2014-2019, the names of 54 people were excluded from this  list. According to the same report, as a result of measures taken in  2019 to identify intelligence and subversive activities against the  Republic of Azerbaijan, 15 people were held accountable for  cooperation with special services of other states.

The report notes that from these persons information was received  about 12 citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic, 1 citizen of the  Russian Federation, 1 citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1  citizen of Georgia and 1 person involved in cooperation, 6 of them  were informed by the relevant state bodies.