Interior Minister of France is announced in Azerbaijan persona non grata

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry included the name of the new Minister of Internal Affairs of France Bruno Le Roux to the list of "undesirable persons", who are banned from entering Azerbaijan. The reason is that Bruno Le Roux, being the deputy of parliament of France, in September 2015 illegally visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. He  is included in the black list 6 December  under the  number 91.

According to the  official representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev, "regardless of their position and identity, any foreign citizen who has broken the law, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan,  makes an illegal visit to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are included in the list of undesirable persons," Hajiyev said. To date, there are  the names of 623  foreigners in the list of undesirable persons in Azerbaijan.