AZERI CONSUL IN ISTANBUL ASSURES ARMENIAN DELEGATION WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN IN TIME FOR BAKU CONFERENCE

PanARMENIAN.Net - Neither Armenia, nor the NATO have applied to the Azeri consulate in Istanbul for visas, Azeri consul general in Istanbul Ibrahim Nabioghlu told Trend agency, when commenting on Armenia's accusations of impeding departure of Armenian officers from Istanbul to Baku for participation in the NATO conference. In the words of the consul general, if the application was received lately, in compliance with the regulations, it would be considered for three days. Taking into account the delicacy of the issue, the consulate would consider the application for no less than the period mentioned. Taking into consideration the fact that the conference in Baku finishes January 15, the Armenian delegation would have not managed to be in time in any case, I. Nabioghlu supposes. He also noted that the consulate has not issued visas to people of Armenian nationality so far. Meanwhile, as reported by Echo Baku newspaper, in the opinion of an informed source in the military circles of Azerbaijan, "an international scandal is inevitable due to the occurrence and the Armenian party will try to boost it." "It is not ruled out that their efforts will have a response also by the NATO leadership," he noted.