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German MP’s name excluded from blacklist of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 17 March 2014 18:43 (UTC +04:00)
The name of German Bundestag (parliament) member Jurgen Klimke has been withdrawn from the “undesirable persons” list of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
German MP’s name excluded from blacklist of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 17

By Sabina Ahmadova - Trend:

The name of German Bundestag (parliament) member Jurgen Klimke has been withdrawn from the "undesirable persons" list of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Klimke's name is no longer on the "undesirable persons" list, posted on the ministry's website.

Earlier the German MP appealed to Azerbaijan with a request for his name to be withdrawn from the list of "undesirable persons" who illegally visited Azerbaijan's occupied territories.

In his appeal Klimke said his visit to the occupied territories in September 2013 was not planned and he was not aware of the illegality of such a visit and its possible consequences.

The German MP also stressed in his appeal that he recognizes Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and regrets his visit to the occupied territories.

Among those who addressed the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for being withdrawn from the blacklist there are also member of the Russian State Duma Alexey Mitrofanov, chief of the Moscow bureau of the Voice of America James Brooke, as well as students from the Johns Hopkins University and other persons.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

Translated by E.A.

Edited by C.N.

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