Kalender Bayramli, who set off from Turkish capital city Ankara on November 16 on a march toward Armeian capital city Yerevan, got angry at the Azerbaijani officials and suspended his march in Kars, Turkey. 

Bayramli, who is of Azerbaijani descent, wanted to draw attention to the “Khojaly Massacre,” and he had reached Kars on December 22. After having walked for approximately 1,100 kilometers and reaching the city, he expressed a wish to meet with Ayhan Suleymanov, Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Kars, but Suleymanov did not meet with him.

Since he felt neglected by the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ankara and the Azerbaijani Consulate General in Kars alike, Bayramli suspended his march and decided to return to Ankara.          

“I will protest the [Azerbaijani] ambassador and the [Azerbaijani] consul at the press conference I will hold in Ankara on [Friday,] December 28, and then I will continue my march from where I left it in Kars. I will cross from Kars into Georgia, and, from there, I want to go to Armenia, if they accept [me]. [But] If they would not let me enter Armenia, I will speak at the Georgia-Armenia border,” Kalender Bayramli stated.