Sept 14, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
On September 8, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that
the Russian Federation announced the so-called elections to the local
occupation administrations in the temporarily occupied parts of the territories
of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions of Ukraine, as well as
the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, to be held on
September 8-10.
On September 9, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported that Azerbaijan and Ukraine recognize and support each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity. "Based on this, Azerbaijan declares that any election held on the territory of Ukraine in accordance with the Constitution and legislation of this state can be legitimate, but the recent 'elections' held in a part of the internationally recognized territories of Ukraine generally have no legal force," the information added.
On September 13, in connection with Baku's statement
regarding the non-recognition of the elections held in the occupied territories
of Ukraine, Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that
Russia sent a demarche to Azerbaijan through diplomatic channels.
According to Zakharova, such assessments do not correspond
to the level of allied relations between the countries. "Baku should
approach the issue of the territorial integrity of our country as our partner
expects us to respect its territorial integrity. We are talking about the
territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan here," she added.
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