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“Azerbaijan first of all takes such steps to reduce the visitor numbers to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,” during today’s Q&A session in the National Assembly Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian noted the aforesaid in response to MP Rubik Hakobyan’s question over the extradition of blogger A. Lapshin to Azerbaijan. Panorama.am reports.

In his words the Azerbaijani black list has not prevented hundreds of prominent figures, state officials from paying visits to Artsakh.

“The visitor numbers continue to increase,” the minister said.

E. Nalbandian also noted that Azerbaijan might be trying to cause harm in other directions by involving others into such a deal.

“The nerves of the Azerbaijani leadership have given way: they lost control and are trying to get the others out of balance. We must avoid it and refrain from watering their mill,” RA FM added.