Seimas chairman reaffirms Lithuania`s recognition of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity
Vilnius, March 21 (AZERTAC). Chairman of Lithuania`s Seimas Vydas Gedvilas has reaffirmed his country`s support of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity.
In his meeting with Azerbaijani ambassador Hasan Mammadzade, the Seimas` Chairman said: “Lithuania`s position on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unchanged, and we recognize Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity.”
He also touched upon an initiative of several parliamentarians to set up a friendship group with the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
“Individual initiatives by the parliamentarians are not an official position of the Seimas,” Mr. Gedvilas noted.
Ambassador Mammadzade said establishing such a group with the Nagorno-Karabakh, the occupied land of Azerbaijan, was a gross breach of Azerbaijani and international law.
“Official Baku regarded the move as a violation of Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as support for separatism and disrespect for international law,” said the Ambassador.
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas of Benediktas Juodka, who was also present at the meeting, said the initiative of a group of the Lithuanian parliamentarians did not correspond to the country`s foreign policy.
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