Prime Minister of Armenia: Lapshin-related situation is result of illogical steps of certain figures and states
ArmInfo. The situation related to Belarus's extradition of blog writer Alexander Lapshin to Azerbaijan for visiting Karabakh is unique and it is very hard to take any preventive steps in such illogical cases and amid such steps of certain figures and states, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan said in Parliament.
For his part, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said that by making Minsk extradite Lapshin, Azerbaijan wants to hinder the visit of the foreign countries' citizens to Nagorno-Karabakh. He qualified the situation as a shameful deal, which has a negative effect of the two sides' images. "The black list of Azerbaijan has existed for a long time. This means that the penitentiary methods of Baku are ineffective and that the flow of the foreigners wishing to visit Karabakh does not stop. I am sure the Lapshin story will not help Azerbaijan carry out its plans," the minister noted.
Lawmaker Ruben Hakobyan, in turn, pointed out that the true goal of Baku is to aggravate the relations between Armenia and Belarus. "In addition, Azerbaijan wanted to demonstrate that while being a member of neither the CSTO nor the EEU, it has more supporters in these structures than Armenia, which is a member of both of them," he said.