Azerbaijan has sent a note of protest to Uruguay over the visit of the country’s high ranking officials to Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said.

Abdullayev said that the Azerbaijani embassy in Argentina, also accredited to Uruguay, was instructed to present the note to the Foreign Ministry of Uruguay, Trend News reported.

Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan met Tuesday, Nov 13, with the Uruguayan delegation lead by President of the House of Representatives, Mr. Jorge Orrico, to discuss development of bilateral relations.

At the meeting, Artsakh leader hailed Uruguay’s significant contribution to the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the country’s balanced policy in acknowledgement of Artsakh Republic and Karabakh conflict settlement.

At news conference in NKR, a member of the Uruguayan parliament’s foreign relations committee Ruben Martinez Huelmo didn’t exclude a possibility for Uruguay to become the first country to recognize the independence of the Nagorno Karabakh republic.

Commenting of the visit of Uruguayan delegation to Artsakh, Mr. Huelmo said, “traveling to Karabakh is not a particularly brave move, it’s merely a step.”