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JOURNALIST FROM "DER TAGESSPIEGEL" NEWSPAPER CLAIMS AZERBAIJAN JOURNALISTS DISTORT HER WORDS
17:29 13/09/2013 " IN THE WORLD
On the eve Azerbaijani media reported that authorities do not
provide entry to German journalists, who criticize the government of
Azerbaijan, into the country. They have referred to the journalist
of "Der Tagesspiegel" newspaper Claudia von Salzen. Today she has
denied this information on Twitter by claiming that her words were
entirely mistranslated.
"I did not say I cannot receive an Azerbaijani visa, and I did not
apply for it during the past year. I met with the colleagues from
Baku and touched upon the "blacklist" published by the Azerbaijani
government. There are German journalists in that list, too. I
noted that they are included in the list because of visiting
Nagorno-Karabakh. However, some of them were allowed to visit the
country last year. It is interesting that the list appeared on the
eve of elections," writes the journalist.
Von Salzen added that she will ask the journalists not to quote her
next time, if it will end up with a similar outcome.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has published a list of
individuals, which became personae non gratae for Azerbaijan because
of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and are denied access to the
country. There are 335 people on the list at the moment of publishing.
Specifically, the given list includes the member of the parliament of
the Southern Wales state of Australia Gledice Berezhiklyan, Russian
State Duma deputy Oleg Pokholkov, an employee at the Ukrainian
magazine "Profil" Varvara Zhlutenko, reporter of "The Washington
Post" in Moscow Will Englund, Austrian conductor Ernest Hoetzl,
Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe, and others.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
17:29 13/09/2013 " IN THE WORLD
On the eve Azerbaijani media reported that authorities do not
provide entry to German journalists, who criticize the government of
Azerbaijan, into the country. They have referred to the journalist
of "Der Tagesspiegel" newspaper Claudia von Salzen. Today she has
denied this information on Twitter by claiming that her words were
entirely mistranslated.
"I did not say I cannot receive an Azerbaijani visa, and I did not
apply for it during the past year. I met with the colleagues from
Baku and touched upon the "blacklist" published by the Azerbaijani
government. There are German journalists in that list, too. I
noted that they are included in the list because of visiting
Nagorno-Karabakh. However, some of them were allowed to visit the
country last year. It is interesting that the list appeared on the
eve of elections," writes the journalist.
Von Salzen added that she will ask the journalists not to quote her
next time, if it will end up with a similar outcome.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has published a list of
individuals, which became personae non gratae for Azerbaijan because
of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and are denied access to the
country. There are 335 people on the list at the moment of publishing.
Specifically, the given list includes the member of the parliament of
the Southern Wales state of Australia Gledice Berezhiklyan, Russian
State Duma deputy Oleg Pokholkov, an employee at the Ukrainian
magazine "Profil" Varvara Zhlutenko, reporter of "The Washington
Post" in Moscow Will Englund, Austrian conductor Ernest Hoetzl,
Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe, and others.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress