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Today, Turkish ambassador to Azerbaijan Ismail Alper Coskun was subjected to a real search at the Azerbaijani parliament. According to the Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" the ambassador arrived in Parliament to attend the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Trade Commission of Turkic-speaking countries (TurcPA).

"The Security Service of the Parliament demanded that the ambassador showed the content of his pockets. The surprised ambassador was explained that it is no longer allowed to enter the Parliament with such phones as smartphones," writes the portal.

The diplomat was forced to leave his phone under the protection of security service of the Parliament.

According to the article, after the introduction of new safety rules in the Azerbaijani parliament deputies have already been subjected to such inspections. "But this was the first time when vigilantes of the Speaker Oktay Asadov searched a foreign diplomat," reads the article.
During the autumn session of the parliament, journalists had recorded on their smartphones the MPs voting instead the others. These records have been spread through all media and called criticism on the MPs behavior. After that, press secretary of the Azerbaijani parliament Akif Tevekkyuloglu announced a ban on bringing smartphones in to the legislative Assembly.