YEREVAN. – Embassy of Israel in Belarus refused to comment on the decision of the Supreme Court on an extradition of the blogger Alexander Lapshin. Deputy head of diplomatic mission Julia Racinski-Spivakov told Armenian News - NEWS.am that “the embassy is not commenting on the court ruling.”

At the same time, she emphasized that the diplomatic mission has done everything possible to provide consular assistance to Lapshin.

She noted that, unfortunately, there was framework limiting their activity. All information was transferred to Israel from where they would get further instructions.

As it was reported earlier, today the Supreme Court of Belarus  confirmed the decision of prosecutor's office on Alexander Lapshin's extradition to Azerbaijan.

After his visits to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) in 2011 and 2012, famous blogger Alexander Lapshin was “blacklisted” by Azerbaijan.

In June 2016, however, he paid a visit to Azerbaijan, but with a Ukrainian passport. Subsequently, he issued several articles criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities. Afterward, the Azerbaijani authorities issued an international search for this famous blogger.

On December 15, 2016, he was detained in the Belarus capital city of Minsk, and based on this international search.

Baku demands his extradition to Azerbaijan, and for visiting Artsakh.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and US Department of State Spokesperson John Kirby, however, had spoken against Lapshin’s detention and such extradition, noting the importance of upholding freedom of speech.