Summoning American, German and French diplomats to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the diplomats of America, Germany and also the ambassador of France today three On Saturday, they were summoned separately to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

According to this report, “Abzas Media” news site has conducted financial operations with the participation of organizations registered in these countries as well as embassies. .

It has been said that the US Agency for International Development, FreedomNow, the New Democracy Fund and other organizations have illegally transferred financial resources to the territory of Azerbaijan in violation of the rules on granting grants and provided illegal assistance to the activities of AbzasMedia. /p>

According to the law of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding grant activities and grant agreements and financial aid agreements, they must be registered according to the relevant procedure, and allocating funds to unregistered projects is a violation of the laws of this country.

At the same time, according to the media law of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the issue of domestic media allowed to finance natural or legal persons of foreign countries, as well as by government institutions of foreign countries, it is noted that illegal actions of the embassies of the mentioned countries and the organization Their actions in the territory of our country are a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The Azerbaijani side strongly condemned this action against its laws and stated that it has the right to take appropriate measures in compliance with national standards.

On November 31, Olavi Hasanli, the director of the “Abzas Media” site, and Sivinj Abbasov, its editor, were prosecuted under Article 206.3.2 (trafficking) of the Criminal Law.

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