BAKU: Azerbaijan protests to Russia over Zhirinovsky Karabakh remark

news.az, Azerbaijan
Jan 16 2010

Azerbaijan protests to Russia over Zhirinovsky’s Karabakh remarks
Sat 16 January 2010 | 08:11 GMT Text size:

Elkhan Polukhov The Azerbaijani embassy has sent a protest note to the
Russian Foreign Ministry over Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s remarks on
recognition of Karabakh.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky said in an interview with Latvian newspaper
Neatkarigas Rita Avize that "if Nagorno Karabakh declares its
independence, Russia must also recognize it".

"The embassy of Azerbaijan in Russia has sent a note of protest to the
Russian Foreign Ministry over Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s statements
calling for the recognition of Azerbaijani lands occupied by Armenian
armed forces that are an inseparable part of Azerbaijan," Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Day.Az on Saturday.

"The letter protests at these appeals of the vice speaker of the
Russian parliament and says that these statements do not comply with
the spirit of relations between our countries," Polukhov said.

Day.Az