Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 7 2005
Biased report on Canadian website warns against traveling to
Azerbaijan
Baku, March 4, AssA-Irada
A biased report about Azerbaijan has been published on Canadian Live
Travel Internet site, warning Canadians against coming to Azerbaijan.
It said that instances of arbitrariness against foreign citizens are
allegedly commonplace in the country.
~SCivilians in police uniform stop foreigners and demand money. One
should not travel to Upper Garabagh, as it is a disputed territory.
Ceasefire on the frontline is violated all the time and the political
situation in Azerbaijan is very complex~T, the report said.
Commenting on the matter, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Matin Mirza
said that the Azerbaijani ambassador to Canada Fahraddin Gurbanov has
received relevant instructions to look into the problem.
A while ago, a similar report was published on Azerbaijan on the
official website of the British Foreign Office.*
March 7 2005
Biased report on Canadian website warns against traveling to
Azerbaijan
Baku, March 4, AssA-Irada
A biased report about Azerbaijan has been published on Canadian Live
Travel Internet site, warning Canadians against coming to Azerbaijan.
It said that instances of arbitrariness against foreign citizens are
allegedly commonplace in the country.
~SCivilians in police uniform stop foreigners and demand money. One
should not travel to Upper Garabagh, as it is a disputed territory.
Ceasefire on the frontline is violated all the time and the political
situation in Azerbaijan is very complex~T, the report said.
Commenting on the matter, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Matin Mirza
said that the Azerbaijani ambassador to Canada Fahraddin Gurbanov has
received relevant instructions to look into the problem.
A while ago, a similar report was published on Azerbaijan on the
official website of the British Foreign Office.*