Azerbaijani media reports that Lithuanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan , Artūras Žurauskas , had an interview with Azerbaijani journalists and commented on the note of Azerbaijan to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs , regarding the participation of a music group from Lithuania in the festival held by Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh:
“I do not think that a Lithuanian actor’s visit to Nagorno-Karabakh will have serious impact on our relations with Azerbaijan. It doesn’t mean that we don’t recognize “the occupation fact”. The creative person’s visit doesn’t reflect the official position of Lithuania. The citizens of Lithuania have the law “On freedom of movement” and the borders are not closed. We do not hold anyone by force, the citizen himself decides where to go and what may follow. I would like to note that this visit was not organized by government agencies and we explained our position to our counterparts in Baku” said the ambassador.
