Citizens of various states with Armenian surnames can be easily converted to Azerbaijan. This was stated by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the meeting with the heads of the Russian media at the club editors in the club.
Responding to the question of the editor-in-chief of the RT channel Margarita Simonyan that citizens with the Armenian surname allegedly entry into Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev pointed out that this information does not correspond to reality and in Azerbaijan “there is no ban on ethnic principle.” / P>
“Numerous visits of the Armenian people in Azerbaijan of this evidence. They participate in sports events, such as the EuroGi, team from Armenia participated. I even remember that one representative of Ukraine, Armenian by nationality, I personally handed the silver medal, he stood on Podium next to the Azerbaijani boxer who won gold, “- leads TASS words Ilham Aliyev.
The head of state also reminded of the visit of the Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II. “He visited the Armenian Church in Baku and was surprised that in this church we store more than 5 thousand books in Armenian, he himself is a witness. Such examples I can give a lot: and deputies, and public figures, and citizens of other countries with Armenian roots, “Aliyev noted.
“We are responsible for the safety of their citizens and their guests, so our request was that in the case when citizens of Armenia or face with Armenian surnames come to Azerbaijan, so that the relevant authorities were informed, in particular, when it comes to Russia , “prescribed the president. – There were cases when it was denied entry, but they happened precisely because these formalities were not respected.”
Ilham Aliyev noticed that a certain number of Armenians still live in Azerbaijan and “no one imposes any complaints.”
The President of Azerbaijan invited Margarita Simonyan to visit Azerbaijan along with the film crew and personally make sure that there are no prohibition data.