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Yesterday the leader of the Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli was not allowed to meet the European MPs in Baku Hotel Fairmont, where the session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is held, the Azerbaijani information agency Turan reports.

As the agency notes Kerimli’s meeting with the MEPs in the lobby was interrupted by the guards, and he was asked to leave the hotel. Therefore, the meeting was continued in one of the cafes.

Kerimli on his Facebook page wrote that he arrived at the hotel at the request of several European deputies who wanted to meet him. However, security staff prevented the meeting.

"I was not surprised to have such an attitude, but the Europeans were shocked, though they already knew that I was not given a passport for already 8 years and our party has repeatedly been evicted. MEPs have long tried to convince the security that their actions are illegal and are not allowed, but in vain," Kerimli noted.

According to him MEPs checked the meaning of the assurances of Ilham Aliyev about the tolerance of the Azerbaijani authorities on themselves.

In its turn the Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" reports that human rights activist Leyla Yunus was not allowed to the meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, director of Communications of OSCE Richard Solash told radio "Liberty".

According to him even though Leyla Yunus received a proper accreditation, but the Azerbaijani security service did not allow her to enter the assembly hall. And according to the procedure of the International Security Service of the OSCE PA, during such events the security issues are conducted according to the countries’ security policy.