Eurovision contest organizers completed the investigation on summoning Azerbaijani citizens voted for Armenian contestants at Eurovision-2009, RFE/RL's reports. The decision on sanctions against Azerbaijan will be made shortly.

Svante Stockselius, the Executive Director of Eurovision Contest stated that Eurovision’s Reference Group, consisting of eight members met in Oslo to reach a verdict regarding Azerbaijan. It will be further submitted to European Broadcasting Union's Television Committee, that plans to announce its decision on Azerbaijan within the next few days. Stockselius said Azerbaijan could be dismissed of charges or could be accused of violating Eurovision rules and either fined or banned from participating in the contest for up to three years.

The working group comprises representatives from Russia, Serbia and Norway-the last three Eurovision winners as well as Spain, Holland, Ireland and two representatives of Sweden.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, that Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan (MNS) detected Azerbaijani citizen Rovshan Nasirli who voted for Armenia at Eurovision-2009. 43 Azerbaijani citizens voted for Arshakyan sisters (Armenian contestants). MNS had a short talk of their ‘political correctness’, ‘ethics’ and other paramount issues Azerbaijani should not neglect. Nasirli said there was a list of those voted for Arshakyan sisters.