Times to restrict people’s right to free movement have gone: Armenian FM on Azerbaijani black list

ArmenPress News Agency , Armenia
 Monday


Times to restrict people's right to free movement have gone: Armenian
FM on Azerbaijani black list



YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, ARMENPRESS. The majority of people included in
the Azerbaijani black list considers it an honor to be in that list
which they have repeatedly stated, Armenian foreign minister Edward
Nalbandian said at a press conference, in response to the view
according to which the Azerbaijani authorities announce that all those
who visit Nagorno Karabakh are victims of the Armenian propaganda and
after returning to their home countries they apologize to Azerbaijan
and ask to remove them from the black list, Armenpress reports.

“If we believe in Baku’s claims according to which all those who visit
Karabakh, return, regret and ask for apology, this list would not
increase and 600-700 persons would not be included in it. According to
their data, 5-6 persons from this list asked to remove them from the
list”, the FM said.

Minister Nalbandian recalled that during a Q&A session in the
Parliament he once said that the number of people visiting Artsakh
will increase after blogger Alexander Lapshin’s case. “And this
happened, you are also aware of. I think the Azerbaijani claims have
nothing to do with reality, especially when the great majority of
people included in that list considers an honor to be in it which they
have repeatedly stated. And even those who asked to remove them from
the list and apologized, Alexander Lapshin as well have made several
disclosing statements on the black lists and bans used by Azerbaijan”,
the Armenian FM said.

He stated that the times to restrict people’s right to free movement
by force have gone.