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The decision for Arsenal's Armenian playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan not to travel to Baku for next week's Europa League Final against Chelsea due to tensions in the region has been criticized in the UK House of Commons.It has been confirmed that Mkhitaryan will not be part of the Arsenal squad ahead of the May 29 fixture with their London rivals, with his Armenian citizenship cited as the principal reason over concerns for his safety remain amid tension between Armenia and host country Azerbaijan.Also on rt.comHenri-KO: Arsenal confirm Mkhitaryan to miss Europa League final over safety concerns in AzerbaijanMkhitaryan was also excluded from the Arsenal squad who faced Azerbaijani side Qarabag in an earlier round of the competition, with Armenians ordinarily banned from entering the country. A similar incident occurred in 2015 while Mkhitaryan was on the books of German side Borussia Dortmund.The scandal has threatened to overshadow the European final next week, with Azerbaijani o…