Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 10
Trend:
Blogger Alexander Lapshin has met with officials of the Israeli Embassy in Baku, said Eldar Sultanov, head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office, Feb. 10.
Lapshin is a citizen of several countries and has had a criminal conspiracy with Armenians living in the occupied Azerbaijani territories. He also illegally visited these territories.
Lapshin is accused of violating Azerbaijani laws on state border in April 2011 and October 2012.
On Jan. 17, Alexei Stuk, deputy prosecutor general of Belarus, issued a ruling on Lapshin’s extradition to Azerbaijan. He was brought to Azerbaijan on Feb. 7.
Sultanov also said the meeting with Lapshin was held in accordance with the principles of international law upon the appeal of the Israeli Embassy in Azerbaijan to the country’s Foreign Ministry.