Work Underway To Meet With Azerbaijani Citizen Arrested In Iran - MFA (UPDATE)
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 2. Azerbaijan's Foreign
Ministry sent a note to the Iranian Embassy to clarify the fate of
the Azerbaijani citizen Farid Safarli since March 9, that is, from
the day of receipt of information about his disappearance in Iran
and clarify the issue, Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry Aykhan
Hajizada said, trend reports.
Hajizada made the remark commenting on the information about
Safarli's arrest in Iran.
According to the spokesperson, after numerous appeals, the
Iranian side, in response to the note, stated that Farid Safarli
was arrested and a criminal case was initiated against him. The
relevant information about this was given to the family of
Safarli.
"Despite the limited activity of the Azerbaijani diplomatic
mission in Iran due to the well-known terror incident, from the
first day of receipt of information about Safarli, our ministry and
Consulate General in Tabriz have been negotiating with the relevant
Iranian structures," Hajizada noted.
Besides, according to him, regular contact is maintained with
Safarli and his family.
"Our Consulate General in Tabriz is working to hold a meeting
with Safarli in the near future," the spokesperson added.
Farid Safarli, a student of the University of Jena in Germany,
born in 1997, went to Iran on February 20 this year.
After the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran on
January 27, 2023, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry issued a warning to
citizens about the inadvisability of visiting Iran unless
absolutely necessary, and those who travel to this country should
use extra caution.
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