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Karabakh Foreign Ministery Warns Azerbaijan Over Tourism Blocakde
Friday, January 21st, 2011
by Asbarez
STEPANAKERT-The Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on
Friday issued a statement condemning efforts by Azerbaijan to prevent
foreign citizens from traveling to the nascent republic.
`Azerbaijan has recently intensified it efforts to make travel to the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic more difficult, a destructive initiative of
Official Baku to dissuade foreign citizens from visiting the
republic,' the statement says. `The Azerbaijani leaderships attempts
to interfere in this regard are unwarranted and must be considered as
yet another manifestation of its hostility towards our country.'
The statement explains that Karabakh has been `visited by tens of
thousands of guests from many countries in the civilized world' since
it declared independence in 1991.
`Missions of international organizations, including NGOs, and
businesses constantly operate in the Republic,' the statement said,
adding that despite Azerbaijan's efforts, the Foreign Ministry
annually registers a 15% increase in the number of tourists visiting
the country. `This testifies to the sincere and increasing interest of
the international community towards the Karabakh phenomenon.'
In an effort to quell this progress, Azerbaijan's authorities `often
resort to blackmail and other actions contrary to international legal
and moral standards,' the statement adds. Such efforts, it continues,
are an `encroachment on the interests of the people of Karabakh and
hamper confidence-building measures necessary to settle the
Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict.'
In an apparent warning to Azerbaijan, the statement said that over the
years, Karabakh `has developed as an independent and democratic state,
which is able to defend its sovereignty and the democratic rights and
liberties of all its citizens.'
`The Azerbaijani leadership should put an end to its destructive steps
and direct its political potential to negotiating a mutually
acceptable peace and stability in the South Caucasus, with the
consideration of the existing realities,' it concludes.
From: A. Papazian
Friday, January 21st, 2011
by Asbarez
STEPANAKERT-The Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on
Friday issued a statement condemning efforts by Azerbaijan to prevent
foreign citizens from traveling to the nascent republic.
`Azerbaijan has recently intensified it efforts to make travel to the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic more difficult, a destructive initiative of
Official Baku to dissuade foreign citizens from visiting the
republic,' the statement says. `The Azerbaijani leaderships attempts
to interfere in this regard are unwarranted and must be considered as
yet another manifestation of its hostility towards our country.'
The statement explains that Karabakh has been `visited by tens of
thousands of guests from many countries in the civilized world' since
it declared independence in 1991.
`Missions of international organizations, including NGOs, and
businesses constantly operate in the Republic,' the statement said,
adding that despite Azerbaijan's efforts, the Foreign Ministry
annually registers a 15% increase in the number of tourists visiting
the country. `This testifies to the sincere and increasing interest of
the international community towards the Karabakh phenomenon.'
In an effort to quell this progress, Azerbaijan's authorities `often
resort to blackmail and other actions contrary to international legal
and moral standards,' the statement adds. Such efforts, it continues,
are an `encroachment on the interests of the people of Karabakh and
hamper confidence-building measures necessary to settle the
Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict.'
In an apparent warning to Azerbaijan, the statement said that over the
years, Karabakh `has developed as an independent and democratic state,
which is able to defend its sovereignty and the democratic rights and
liberties of all its citizens.'
`The Azerbaijani leadership should put an end to its destructive steps
and direct its political potential to negotiating a mutually
acceptable peace and stability in the South Caucasus, with the
consideration of the existing realities,' it concludes.
From: A. Papazian