Qanira Pashayeva: "French Embassy shows disrespect towards Azerbaijani people"

She noted that because of such an action of the embassy, the Azerbaijani team was deprived of the chance to participate in the European championship on beach football.

"After long-lasting efforts, the embassy issues visas when it is already late and our football players will not be able to join the European championship. Do people in the French embassy think that our sportsmen are terrorists, therefore, they must not allowed into Europe", said she.

At the same time, the parliamentarian noted that this is not the first such step, taken by the French embassy in Azerbaijan and previously visas were not issued to people, who were to visit Europe for participation in the conferences on national issues.

Pashayeva offered to invite the French ambassador by means of the parliamentary commissions on international relations and demand explanations.

"The French embassy should present explanations regarding reasons of rejection to issue visas to Azerbaijani football players", said she.

/Day.Az/