Azerbaijan delivers protest note to Russia

Azerbaijan's Embassy in Russia has sent a note of protest to Russia's Foreign Ministry in connection with the illegal visit of Vitaly Milonov, a member of the State Duma, from the ruling United Russia party to the occupied Azerbaijani territories in violation of internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan.

The note stresses that Vitaly Milonov held a meeting with the so-called "head" of the separatist regime and made very provocative statements to further aggravate the already tense situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan on October 16, 2020.

Such provocative actions by a member of State Duma caused fair indignation of both the Azerbaijani public and the large Diaspora in Russia. They are aimed at worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations.