AZERTAC News, Azerbaijan
Aug 31 2017
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry: Canadian MP's illegal visit to the occupied Azerbaijani territories is Armenia's another political provocation
Baku, August 31, AZERTAC
"Canadian MP Tony Clement's illegal visit to the Armenia-occupied Azerbaijani territories is another political provocation of Armenia," spokesperson of Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hikmat Hajiyev has told journalists.
"This illegal trip of Tony Clement to the occupied Azerbaijani territories is co-organized by the Canadian bureau of the Armenian national committee and the Armenian lobby with whom he has close relationship in exchange for financial interest. This person, who has repeatedly been accused of bribery and corruption, is paying a visit to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan for financial interest and is trying to camouflage Armenia's aggression and bloody ethnic cleansing policy against Azerbaijan, and to justify all this. In exchange for his service he also tries to gain the Canadian Armenian lobby's financial support for future elections," Hikmat Hajiyev said.
"His actions, beyond moral, ethical, and humane values, which are accompanied by the violation of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the norms and principles of international law, should first be regarded as disrespect for Canada's parliamentary traditions and for its voters. We hope that the relevant Ethics Committee of the Canadian Parliament will examine his actions outside the country," the ministry's spokesperson said.
"Though the man named Majed El Shafie, who accompanied Tony Clement, is the head of the NGO, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the purpose of propaganda deliberately introduces him as a member of the Canadian Parliament.”
"Azerbaijan's concern and dissatisfaction over the issue was conveyed to the Foreign Ministry and the Parliament of Canada. Their names will be included in the "List of foreign citizens who illegally visited occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan," Hajiyev added.