2024-07-29 04:27:34
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a comment on the situation surrounding the entry of the Armenian national team and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan into the territory of that country.
Let’s remind that there were reports that Azerbaijan may for political reasons prohibit Mkhitaryan from entering the territory of Azerbaijan to participate in the Europa League group stage match against Gabala as part of “Borussia”.
As the Azerbaijani media reports, the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani MFA, Himket Gajiev, spoke about the situation.
“It is good that in the group stage of the Europa League, our country is represented by two clubs at once: “Karabakh” and “Gabala”. Each country that participates in a tournament held under the auspices of UEFA undertakes to comply with the general rules and to play home matches in accordance with those rules.
The peculiarity of football is that it is a team game. Here, not individual individuals play a role, but team dramas. In other words, not an individual, but the team, “Borussia” from Dortmund, is visiting Azerbaijan.
We do not politicize sports and despite the fact that sports and politics have recently started to acquire similar characteristics, Azerbaijan has a strong position on this issue.
We do not politicize sport and do not use it for political purposes. As for the “black list” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, there the cases are considered in a private order,” Gajiev said.