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Belarusian envoy: Lapshin has no relation with Armenia

24 April 2017 [13:32] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

Fears abound in Armenia that the Lapshin case may serve as an example for others and obstacle their plans to organize future visits to the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

Alexander Lapshin will stand trial in Baku for his illegal visits to the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. He was arrested in Minsk in late 2016 and transferred to Baku in February 2017.

The detention of the blogger and his extradition to Azerbaijan were the subject of heated debate and protests in Armenia.

Belarusian Ambassador to Armenia Igor Nazaruk, talking to Armenian correspondent on April 23, once again stated that blogger Lapshin has no relation with Armenia.

 “You continue to persistently ask about the man who has no relation with Armenia. He is a citizen of several states, but he doesn’t have the citizenship of Armenia," Nazaruk told the reporter.

The diplomat added that therefore he “cannot discuss one of the 7.5-billion population and pay him such attention.”

Nazaruk then didn’t want to continue the conversation with the reporter and went away.

Earlier, at the meeting with Armenia's Ambassador to Belarus Armen Khachatryan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that the issue of detention and extradition of Lapshin is none of Armenia's business.

The blogger, who owns citizenship of Russia and Israel, illegally visited Azerbaijan`s Armenia-occupied lands and now is charged under the articles 281.2 (appeals directed against state) and 318.2 (illegal border crossing) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. He violated Azerbaijani laws on state border in April 2011 and October 2012.

Helped by his accomplices in the occupied territories, Lapshin paid a number of visits to Azerbaijan`s occupied lands, where he voiced support for "independence" of the illegal regime, and made public calls against Azerbaijan`s internationally recognized territorial integrity on April 6 and June 29, 2016.

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