European Parliament to reply to Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's note of protest on Monday - UPDATE

A written response of the European Parliament's office to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's note on the MEP Tomasz Poręba's illegal visit will be given to the Azerbaijani side on Monday, Rolan Kobia, the head of the European Parliament's office in Baku told journalists today.

MEP, the keynote speaker on Armenia Tomasz Poręba, visited separatist Nagorno-Karabakh during his recent trip to Armenia, not informing official Baku about it.

In Nagorno-Karabakh he held meetings with the leadership of the unrecognized republic and discussing issues concerning the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, the situation in the region and bilateral relations, the Armenian media outlets reported earlier.

In the light of illigal entry to the territories of Nagorno Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Tuesday presented a protest note to the head of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Roland Kobia and Polish ambassador Mikhal Labenda.

Poręba visited Nagorno-Karabakh at his own initiative to get familiarized with the situation on the scene and prepare a report.

"As the rapporteur on Armenia, I realized that just having extensive information about the region I can prepare an objective and comprehensive report. The main goal of an informal visit to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, was to understand the situation on the scene, but not from outside," Poręba told Trend on Thursday.

"If Poręba sought to make an unbiased report, before the visit to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh he had to discuss this issue with Azerbaijani official circles, know our position and our attitude to his visit," the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elkhan Polukhov told Trend.


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