Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine has expressed protest to this country’s Foreign Ministry regarding "15 republics" program aired on "1 + 1" TV channel on November 23, 2014, Lenta. ru reported.
According to the embassy, "1 + 1" channel tried to cast a shadow over socio-political system of the Republic of Azerbaijan, achievements the country gained in the years of independence, distorted the causes of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and praised occupying Armenia and the separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh.
"A letter of protest has already been sent to the abovementioned TV channel, as well as journalists Konstantin Andriyuk and Dmitry Volkov, who without the consent of the Azerbaijani state made trips to the Azerbaijani lands, which are under the occupation of Azerbaijan and in where the separatist regime not recognized by any state, including in Ukraine exists, will be declared "persona non grata"," - the embassy noted.