An Azeri-born Kazakhstan citizen was banned from entering Baku over his visit to Armenia.

Bayram Azizov was detained in Baku airport and questioned by Azeri customs official as to the reason behind his visits to Armenia. Mr. Azizov’s passport was confiscated, while Azizov himself was left in the air.

Having spent 2 days in the airport transit zone, Azizov addressed a Twitter message to Azeri president. Eventually, Azizov was contacted by Kazakh Foreign Ministry officials to enable his return to Almaty.

As he was notified, his passport will be returned to him through Kazakh officials, while his plane ticket was provided by Air Astana Kazakh company.

In the light of the events above, Kazakhstan addressed a diplomatic note to Azerbaijan, with no reply to follow, Tengrinews.kz reported.