Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 16 2010

Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia presents protest note to Russian FM

16.01.2010 11:56
Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 16 / Trend News S.Agayeva /

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia has submitted a protest note to the
Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with State Duma Deputy Speaker
Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s statement, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend News.

In his interview to the Latvian newspaper Neatkarigas Rita Avize,
Zhirinovsky said that "if the Nagorno-Karabakh proclaims its
independence, Russia should recognize it."

The Azerbaijani embassy’s note expresses protests against the Vice
Speaker’s such calls and states such statements counteracts the spirit
of relations between the two countries, Polukhov said.