{"id":179497,"date":"2016-10-10T19:40:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/armenian-political-activist-tried-to-visit-baku-turned-back-at-airport\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:29:38","slug":"armenian-political-activist-tried-to-visit-baku-turned-back-at-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/armenian-political-activist-tried-to-visit-baku-turned-back-at-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian political activist tried to visit Baku, turned back at airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/69941\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69941\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Armenian political and human rights activist Vahe Avetian flew into Baku\u2019s Heydar Aliyev International Airport on October 9th.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Armenia and Azerbaijan have both listed one another\u2019s citizens as persona non grata due to the Karabakh conflict. However, visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan by nationals of the waring countries are occasionally permitted entry for special events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Avetian\u2019s visit, however, caused quite a stir as he tried entering Azerbaijan as a private citizen without either an invitation from the Azerbaijani government or prior consent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Per his personal Facebook page, Avetian was not immediately denied entry to Azerbaijan, and even sat with Azerbaijani officials and airport staff for coffee:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThey\u2019ve treated me to toasts and coffee. We\u2019re sitting, chatting, laughing. Great guys. There were some people here from the government. They greeted and accepted me warmly &#8211; welcome to Azerbaijan. They have left to move the process along faster. But what process, they didn\u2019t say. We\u2019re all waiting together\u2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The activist later posted a conversation between himself and a security guard:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAn Armenian hasn\u2019t come through here in 25 years, without an invitation, without a former agreement between the States. You know all this. . . So why did you come?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWell, here\u2019s the first Armenian whose come in the past 25 years on his own decision! We\u2019re changing history. It has already changed. . . Peace starts today, now!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ultimately, Avetian was not granted entry into Azerbaijan. Visits by Armenians to Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis to Armenia in the past have generally been formally regulated and agreed upon by both sides.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Avetian departed from Azerbaijan by Ukraine International Airlines to Kiev.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reactions to Avetian\u2019s trip by Facebook users posting on his page ranged from delight to calls to for arrest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Avetian described his journey to Baku as his \u201cpersonal hajj\u201d. He resides in Stockholm, where he focusses on political and human rights matters both in Armenia and abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenian political and human rights activist Vahe Avetian flew into Baku\u2019s Heydar Aliyev International Airport on October 9th.  <\/p>\n<p>Armenia and Azerbaijan have both listed one another\u2019s citizens as persona non grata due to the Karabakh conflict. 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