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LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN: "I DO NOT THINK THAT A LITHUANIAN ACTOR'S VISIT TO NAGORNO KARABAKH WILL HAVE SERIOUS IMPACT ON OUR RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN"
APA
Nov 5 2012
Azerbaijan
"We would like to see more Azerbaijani investors in Lithuania"
Baku. Anakhanim Hidayatova-APA. "The relations between Azerbaijan and
Lithuania have good groundwork, the sides have signed more than 20
agreements between governments and agencies," Lithuanian Ambassador
to Azerbaijan ArtÅ"ras Žurauskas said in his interview to APA.
Ambassador said the political relations between the two countries
were strong enough.
"Cultural-humanitarian cooperation, mutual relations in the sphere of
tourism are developing. Business and economy are special directions of
our relations, special attention must be paid to the opportunities of
development in these spheres. Azerbaijan and Lithuania can cooperate
in the spheres of transport, power engineering, ecology. Construction
boom is observed in Azerbaijan. Lithuania's construction industry is
perfect and can compete with Turkey. Moreover, we would like to see
more Azerbaijani investors in Lithuania," he said.
In his interview, the ambassador also commented on the note of
Azerbaijan to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding
the participation of a music group from Lithuania in the festival held
by Armenian separatists in the occupied Azerbaijan's Nagorno Karabakh
territory: "I do not think that a Lithuanian actor's visit to Nagorno
Karabakh will have serious impact on our relations with Azerbaijan. It
doesn't mean that we don't recognize the occupation fact. The creative
person's visit doesn't reflect the official position of Lithuania. The
citizens of Lithuania have the law "On freedom of movement" and the
borders are not closed. We do not hold anyone by force, the citizen
himself decides where to go and what may follow. Everyone in Lithuania
knows that if someone visits the Azerbaijan's occupied territories,
his or her entry to Azerbaijan will be automatically prohibited. I
would like to note that this visit was not organized by government
agencies and we explained our position to our counterparts in Baku.
From: A. Papazian
APA
Nov 5 2012
Azerbaijan
"We would like to see more Azerbaijani investors in Lithuania"
Baku. Anakhanim Hidayatova-APA. "The relations between Azerbaijan and
Lithuania have good groundwork, the sides have signed more than 20
agreements between governments and agencies," Lithuanian Ambassador
to Azerbaijan ArtÅ"ras Žurauskas said in his interview to APA.
Ambassador said the political relations between the two countries
were strong enough.
"Cultural-humanitarian cooperation, mutual relations in the sphere of
tourism are developing. Business and economy are special directions of
our relations, special attention must be paid to the opportunities of
development in these spheres. Azerbaijan and Lithuania can cooperate
in the spheres of transport, power engineering, ecology. Construction
boom is observed in Azerbaijan. Lithuania's construction industry is
perfect and can compete with Turkey. Moreover, we would like to see
more Azerbaijani investors in Lithuania," he said.
In his interview, the ambassador also commented on the note of
Azerbaijan to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding
the participation of a music group from Lithuania in the festival held
by Armenian separatists in the occupied Azerbaijan's Nagorno Karabakh
territory: "I do not think that a Lithuanian actor's visit to Nagorno
Karabakh will have serious impact on our relations with Azerbaijan. It
doesn't mean that we don't recognize the occupation fact. The creative
person's visit doesn't reflect the official position of Lithuania. The
citizens of Lithuania have the law "On freedom of movement" and the
borders are not closed. We do not hold anyone by force, the citizen
himself decides where to go and what may follow. Everyone in Lithuania
knows that if someone visits the Azerbaijan's occupied territories,
his or her entry to Azerbaijan will be automatically prohibited. I
would like to note that this visit was not organized by government
agencies and we explained our position to our counterparts in Baku.
From: A. Papazian