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AZERBAIJANI FM: RUSSIAN COMPANY CEASES TOUR TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Trend, S.Agayeva
Trend
Nov 18 2010
Azerbaijan
The Russian Astravel Company ceased tour to Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani embassy in the Russian Federation had informed that the
Astravel Company, located in Moscow, organized a 14-day tour 'Golden
Ring of Armenia', within which three-day trip was organized to the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's
press service said on Thursday.
The embassy of Azerbaijan appealed to the company's president Valery
Loshshitsu in connection with this matter and explained that organizing
trips to the occupied Azerbaijani territories is illegal.
Despite all sorts of pretexts of the Astravel Company, the embassy
categorically stated that organizing trips to the occupied territories
of Azerbaijan is unacceptable, and during such travels, the lives of
the Russian citizens could be threatened.
As a result of work carried out by the embassy, Loshshitsu said that
the travels to the occupied territories have been cancelled.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding negotiations to resolve the dispute.
Armenia has failed to implement U.N. Security Council resolutions
stipulating the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian
Trend, S.Agayeva
Trend
Nov 18 2010
Azerbaijan
The Russian Astravel Company ceased tour to Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani embassy in the Russian Federation had informed that the
Astravel Company, located in Moscow, organized a 14-day tour 'Golden
Ring of Armenia', within which three-day trip was organized to the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's
press service said on Thursday.
The embassy of Azerbaijan appealed to the company's president Valery
Loshshitsu in connection with this matter and explained that organizing
trips to the occupied Azerbaijani territories is illegal.
Despite all sorts of pretexts of the Astravel Company, the embassy
categorically stated that organizing trips to the occupied territories
of Azerbaijan is unacceptable, and during such travels, the lives of
the Russian citizens could be threatened.
As a result of work carried out by the embassy, Loshshitsu said that
the travels to the occupied territories have been cancelled.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding negotiations to resolve the dispute.
Armenia has failed to implement U.N. Security Council resolutions
stipulating the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.
From: A. Papazian