(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Sama Imanova
Armenia has reportedly banned two pro-Kremlin propagandists from
entering the country, Azernews reports, citing foreign media.
They are the first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma
Committee, MP Konstantin Zatulin, and the editor-in-chief of state
broadcaster Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan, the media
reports.
In a remark on the issue in question, MP Konstantin Zatulin said
he had received a letter from Tigran Seyranyan, the head of the
Foreign Relations Department under the National Assembly, to this
end.
“It was unexpected for us, we received a letter from the head of
the Department for Foreign Relations under the Armenian National
Assembly. I was told that my visit is undesirable and that my
recent public statements damaged the development of friendly and
allied relations with the Republic of Armenia”, Zatulin said,
calling it an 'insulting move'.
Asked on what ground, Zatulin was banned from entering Armenia,
the Armenian National Security Service (NSS) didn't provide any
information, claiming that it violates the privacy of that person's
personal life.
“We can provide that information only to the person you
mentioned or to the person authorized by the latter,” the NSS
said.
In the meantime, asked if Armenia is going to quit the
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Alen Simonyan,
Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, said that the Armenian
government was not discussing the issue.
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