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BAKU SCRUTINIZES REPORTS ON CANADIAN MP'S VISIT TO OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 24 2013
24 SEPTEMBER 2013, 10:50 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani embassy in Canada is scrutinizing the information about
an illegal visit by the county's MP Jim Karygiannis to the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman
Abdullayev has said.
Abdullayev told a press conference that the Foreign Ministry has
already issued relevant instructions to the Azerbaijani embassy.
The reports about the Canadian MP's visit to Azerbaijan's occupied
territories were circulated by Armenian media on September 23.
Earlier, four foreign citizens blacklisted by Azerbaijan's Foreign
Ministry for illegally visiting the Azerbaijani territories occupied
by Armenia were excluded from the list. They pointed out in their
appeals to Baku that they had been taken to Azerbaijan's occupied
territories by deception.
Besides, California State Assembly Speaker John Perez has refused to
visit the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, an informed source told
Trend news agency on September 23.
"This indicates that officials of foreign countries no longer yield
to persuasion of the Armenians and do not want to be included in the
list of "persona non grata" of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry who
visited the occupied territories," the source said.
Recently, Armenian media reported that a delegation of Californian
officials and representatives from the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) are expected to visit Nagorno-Karabakh.
Unauthorized visits to Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan
occupied by Armenia are deemed illegal and individuals paying such
visits are included in the "black list" of the Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry released a list of 335 people declared
persona non grata over illegal visits to the Armenian-occupied
territories.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly warned foreign officials and diplomats over
visits to its territories occupied by Armenia, saying this contradicts
international law. The Foreign Ministry has stated that such visits,
paid without prior notification of the relevant authorities of
Azerbaijan, are illegal and damaging to the settlement process on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
A precarious cease-fire has been in place between Azerbaijan and
Armenia since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over
a million Azerbaijanis. Armenian armed forces have occupied over
20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Sept 24 2013
24 SEPTEMBER 2013, 10:50 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijani embassy in Canada is scrutinizing the information about
an illegal visit by the county's MP Jim Karygiannis to the separatist
Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman
Abdullayev has said.
Abdullayev told a press conference that the Foreign Ministry has
already issued relevant instructions to the Azerbaijani embassy.
The reports about the Canadian MP's visit to Azerbaijan's occupied
territories were circulated by Armenian media on September 23.
Earlier, four foreign citizens blacklisted by Azerbaijan's Foreign
Ministry for illegally visiting the Azerbaijani territories occupied
by Armenia were excluded from the list. They pointed out in their
appeals to Baku that they had been taken to Azerbaijan's occupied
territories by deception.
Besides, California State Assembly Speaker John Perez has refused to
visit the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, an informed source told
Trend news agency on September 23.
"This indicates that officials of foreign countries no longer yield
to persuasion of the Armenians and do not want to be included in the
list of "persona non grata" of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry who
visited the occupied territories," the source said.
Recently, Armenian media reported that a delegation of Californian
officials and representatives from the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) are expected to visit Nagorno-Karabakh.
Unauthorized visits to Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan
occupied by Armenia are deemed illegal and individuals paying such
visits are included in the "black list" of the Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry released a list of 335 people declared
persona non grata over illegal visits to the Armenian-occupied
territories.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly warned foreign officials and diplomats over
visits to its territories occupied by Armenia, saying this contradicts
international law. The Foreign Ministry has stated that such visits,
paid without prior notification of the relevant authorities of
Azerbaijan, are illegal and damaging to the settlement process on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
A precarious cease-fire has been in place between Azerbaijan and
Armenia since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over
a million Azerbaijanis. Armenian armed forces have occupied over
20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.