YEREVAN, APRIL 27, ARMENPRESS. Official representative of the Russian MFA Maria Zakharova has read the articles published in Azerbaijani press over the comments of the Russian MFA on the case of Dilham Askerov sentenced to life in prison in the Republic of Artsakh. She assesses those articles blatant. Answering the question of an Azerbaijani journalist on the case of Dilham Askerov during a weekly briefing, Zakharova noted that those articles are not analytical, critical or constructive, they are just blatant.

“And after that you ask us to give more information? After such articles one wishes to put an end to any kind of interactions. I can be very sincere. You know how open we are for media, but excuse me, no one has allowed to demonstrate vulgarity”, Zakharova said.

She asked the Azerbaijani journalist present at the briefing to convey her concerns to other journalists in Azerbaijan in case of possibility. “It’s not a journalistic work, our Azerbaijani partners agree with us who even have apologized for such an intonation. Keeping the public informed and using troublesome and complex issues, that no one conceals, for regular outbreaks are different things”, the official representative of the Russian MFA said.

As a result of reconnaissance operations by the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Ministry, National Security Service and Police, citizens of Azerbaijan Shahbaz Jalaloghlu Guliyev (born 1968) and Dilham Askerov (born 1960) were found and arrested in the territory of Shahumyan region of Nagorno Karabakh, for illegally crossing the border. Another saboteur, Azerbaijan citizen Hasan Hasanov (born 1978) was eliminated as a result of resisting arrest. His body was transferred to the Azerbaijani side.

Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev  were convicted for kidnapping and murder on ethnic hatred grounds, violence using weapons against a minor, espionage, possession of weapons and ammunition, attempted murder of two persons, and illegally crossing the border . Dilham Askerov was sentenced to life imprisonment and Shahbaz Guliyev to 22 years imprisonment.