Ministry spokesman Vasyl Filipchuk said the incident "spoils the atmosphere for the development of friendly bilateral relations" between Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
Sixteen Ukrainians who traveled to Azerbaijan to monitor the country's parliamentary election were barred from the counrty and sent home yesterday, the day of the vote. The Ukrainians said they were told at the airport in the capital Baku that they were not wanted.
(Interfax Ukraine/AP)
A photo gallery of the Azerbaijan opposition protests in Baku on November 9, 2005.
Sixteen Ukrainians who traveled to Azerbaijan to monitor the country's parliamentary election were barred from the counrty and sent home yesterday, the day of the vote. The Ukrainians said they were told at the airport in the capital Baku that they were not wanted.
(Interfax Ukraine/AP)
Azerbaijan Election Special
Azerbaijan Election Special
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A photo gallery of the Azerbaijan opposition protests in Baku on November 9, 2005.
