In the world 19:15 03/07/2013

Russian MP: Even assistant of speaker of State Duma was not allowed to enter Azerbaijan because of her Armenian origin

"I am an educated man and I knew quite well what it all might end with. I knew that all those who visit Karabakh will be announced persona non grata by Baku. That’s why this situation was not surprising for me," said the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian party" Fair Russia ", said member of the Russian State Duma, representative of the “Spravedlivaya Rossia” Oleg Pakholkov, commenting on the reaction of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on his visit to Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

In an interview with the Azerbaijani news agency "Vesti.az" Pakholkov stated that he had traveled to Nagorno-Karabakh, to understand the situation.

"It was very important for me to know the views on both the sides. It is the right of Azerbaijan to limit my right to communicate with the other side or not. And my right is to learn about the situation from both sides," he said, noting that having been on both sides he had came to the conclusion that it’s impossible to give a military solution to the Karabakh conflict.

Russian MP expressed his confidence that neither Azerbaijan nor the Armenian people need war. "The war will lead to tens, hundreds of thousands of victims, as well as to the economic destruction of Azerbaijan and Armenia", Pakholkov said and noted that there cannot be victories in any all-out war.

Answering the question what can be the solution to the Karabakh conflict the member of "Fair Russia" party emphasized: "This situation will be "frozen" as long as people do not learn to live together harmoniously. I've been on both sides of the line and know what happened. "

"Today, Armenians and Azerbaijanis are so scared of joint life that they will not simply be able to live in one state," the Russian MP said, noting that maybe the two nations will reconcile in 10-30 years.

In response to a remark of Azerbaijani journalist, who said that allegedly about 30,000 Armenians live in Baku, Russian MP said: "Therefore Baku refused to give entry to an Armenian, who was in the official delegation of Naryshkin (Sergei Naryshkin is the Speaker of the State Duma "Vesti.az ") reasoning that it cannot ensure her security there?"

In the same time Pakholkov noted that those Armenians who live in Azerbaijan are the wives of Azerbaijanis who had converted to Islam. "And on what grounds was refused the member of Naryshkin delegation in Baku? While, the attitude to Naryshkin in Baku is just perfect; he is received as a close friend. But his assistant in Baku was not allowed to enter the country just because she was Armenian," he said.

Summarizing the deputy noted that for settling the conflict they must make concessions to each other. "I am sure that none of Karabakh Armenians today will be forced to live in Azerbaijan, because they are afraid," he said and noted that there is no way out of this conflict today. The deputy of the RF State Duma noted that they need to gradually begin cultural exchanges, stop promoting hatred towards each other. "Karabakh conflict cannot be solved without this," Oleg Pakholkov stated.



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