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WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION EXPRESSES ATTITUDE TOWARDS INFO-TOURS TO OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES
I. Isabalayeva
Trend
Nov 15 2011
Azerbaijan
Nov. 15--World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai
has expressed his attitude toward organizing info-tours by Armenia
in Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Rifai recalled in an interview with journalists in Baku that the
World Tourism Organization is a specialized UN agency and its opinion
coincides with the view of the United Nations, which is very important.
The World Tourism Organization calls on the conflict sides to resolve
this problem as soon as possible, Rifai said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
I. Isabalayeva
Trend
Nov 15 2011
Azerbaijan
Nov. 15--World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai
has expressed his attitude toward organizing info-tours by Armenia
in Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Rifai recalled in an interview with journalists in Baku that the
World Tourism Organization is a specialized UN agency and its opinion
coincides with the view of the United Nations, which is very important.
The World Tourism Organization calls on the conflict sides to resolve
this problem as soon as possible, Rifai said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.