Zakharova: It`s unfortunate that Baku saw an "Armenian trace" in liquidation of "All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress"
ArmInfo. The official Representative of Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, touched upon the closure of the public organization "All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress" in Russia and the reaction of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to this.
"They were perplexed by the statements made by the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry and published by one local agency about the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the liquidation of the all-Russian public organization "All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress" because of numerous violations of federal legislation. We paid attention to the statement of the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan regarding Russian domestic policy, there were words about the "balance of interethnic relations, the concept of reforms and prospects for intercultural dialogue" in our country. We believe such statements are inappropriate. The evaluation of the Russian court's decision regarding the Russian public organization as an "unfriendly step" towards Azerbaijan looks strange.
It is regrettable that the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan again uses the versions published in a number of media and voices them, especially publicly, about some "Armenian trace," Zakharova said at the briefing held yesterday.
At the same time she stressed that Moscow does not need any questionable advice on how to build inter- ethnic relations in own country. "Russia is a multinational democratic state, where everyone's rights are secured and protected regardless of their nationality. We have created all conditions for self-organization and full-fledged activity of cultural-national public associations. In particular, over 260 non-profit organizations represent the interests of Russian citizens of Azerbaijani nationality. At the federal level, the Azerbaijan Youth Association of Russia, the Union of Azerbaijani Organizations of Russia, the Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis of Russia, the World Azerbaijan Cultural Foundation successfully work.
In Russia, the strategic partnership with Azerbaijan is valued, the course for the all-round strengthening of which is determined by the heads of the two states. We are convinced that the statements I have quoted (perhaps not fully thought out) will not prejudice Russian-Azerbaijani relations," the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry resumed.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on May 15 satisfied the suit of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on the liquidation of the public organization "All-Russian Azerbaijan Congress" (VAK) because of the inconsistency of its charter with Russian legislation. Earlier in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation it was reported that during the control and supervisory activities in relation to the organization it was established that the provisions of its charter did not meet the requirements of the current legislation. In particular, the name of the organization does not contain an indication of the nature of its activities, and information on persons entitled to act without a power of attorney on behalf of the organization does not comply with information on the organization contained in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. The closure of the VAK caused an unhealthy reaction in Azerbaijan, which hastened to see the Armenian trace on this issue.