The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said it has blacklisted Russian opera singer Lyubov Kazarnovskaya because of her recent visit to Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories.
She is "unwelcome" because her Azerbaijani visit violated Azerbaijan's border law and "promoted Armenia’s aggression and occupation against Azerbaijan," including its "bloody ethnic cleansing" of Azerbaijanis, said ministry spokesman Hikmet Hajiyev.
Kazarnovskaya said she went to Nagorno-Karabakh "on a cultural mission".
She said she was happy to keep company with Montserrat Caballe, who was also blacklisted.
"The human spirit is beyond any politics or aggression. Music is something that the Lord bestowed on us," she said.
Kazarnovskaya attended the festival along with many of her students.
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