TURKEY AND BAKU "SQUABBLED" OVER AN ARMENIAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.12.2006 13:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Foreign Ministry sent two notes to
Azerbaijan over the incident on December 19, when singer Sertab
Erener and Armenian-born pianist Burak Bedikyan were not allowed to
Azerbaijan and sent back. The Turkish MFA requested both the Azeri
Foreign Ministry and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ankara to furnish
information on the incident.

According to Azerbaijani Embassy Advisor Jeyhun Mammadov, Bedikyan
did not appeal to the Embassy for visa. "The Azerbaijani explains the
decision by the fact that a big audience will gather in the concert
hall and there will be those who lost relatives in the Karabakh
war. Over this very reason it would be difficult to ensure Armenian
musician’s security," the Advisor said, adding that the incident
cannot tell on the Azerbaijan-Turkey relations.

Sertab Erener and Berdikyan arrived in Azerbaijan to take part in
the events dedicated to the10th anniversary of Azercell. However,
they were detained in the airport and later deported, reports APA.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress