ARMENIAN COMPOSER ARTYOM KHACHATUROV- PERSONA NON GRATA IN LATVIA
19:20, 14 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
has included Armenian composer Artyom Khachaturov from Mother Cathedral
of Kaliningrad in the list of Persona non grata. As reports Armenpress
referring to Latvian Mixnews, this was declared by the musician during
TV program on Latvian channel.
Khachaturov has personally been informed about when requested German
Consulate in Kaliningrad for getting Schengen Visa. Composer was
informed that he had been included in Latvian persona non grata list
or list of “an unwelcome person” which prohibited Artyom Khachaturov
to leave for Latvia or any other country of Schengen Visa. Therefore,
German Consul provided Armenian composer with a visa which gave him
opportunity to enter all Schengen Visa countries, except Latvia.
The reason of being included in the “black list” is yet unknown. DELFI
agency highlights that legally Kahchaturov has never been to Latvia.
4 historians were included in the “black list” of Latvia last year.
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