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POLITICAL ANALYST: JOURNALISTS' VISITS TO OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES SHOULD BE PROHIBITED BY THEIR OWN COUNTRIES OR COMPANIES THEY REPRESENT - COMMENT ON BBC REPORT/SPAN>
APA, Azerbaijan
April 8 2015
[ 08 April 2015 17:10 ]
Baku. Malahat Najafova - APA. BBC correspondent Rayhan Demytrie paid
a visit to Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region and prepared
a report.
The author says in his report that the Armenians and Azerbaijanis
fought for these lands in 1990s.
"Azerbaijan lost control over the territories and hundreds and
thousands of ethnic Azerbaijanis fled their homes. Despite the
20-year ceasefire, the frontline remains heavily militarized. There
are frequent firefights and casualties. Nagorno-Karabkah calls itself
an independent republic. It has its own government, universities,
even an international airport. Though in reality, Karabakh Armenians
are isolated from the outside world.
Last year, "Nagorno-Karabkah republic" marked "20 years of its
independence". But this independence and republic itself has not been
recognized by the international community, which considers this land
part of Azerbaijan. This conflict remains unresolved, one such example
is the airport, renovated a couple of years ago, its seats are empty.
There no aircrafts flying in or out. The planes, risks being shot
down by Azerbaijan, because there is still no official peace agreement.
De-facto government says its exclusion from negotiations is holding
back the process."
Later on, the author presents an interview with Karen Mirzoyan who
declared himself the foreign minister of the illegal regime. The report
ends with a video showing trainings aimed at protecting children.
In his statement to APA, political analyst Gabil Huseynli
condemned such reportages, saying that foreign journalists' visits
to Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the basic elements of the propaganda
policy pursued by the separatist regime there.
According to him, the regime uses media as a tool.
"The invaders pretend to be seeking to tell the world through media
about their myths that there is a national freedom movement out there
and the occupied territories in fact belong to the Armenian population
of that region. At the same time, journalist movement to that region
helps with their legitimate recognition. Visits of journalists and
art figures to the region without Azerbaijan's permission and their
propaganda in this respect are blatant violation of the law. Because
the illegal regime has not been recognized by anyone and is accepted
as part of Azerbaijan by the international community," he said.
G. Huseynli said the only possible way to visit the occupied
territories is with an official permission from Baku.
"Baku blacklists all journalists who make illegal an illegal visit
to that region and bans them from ever entering Azerbaijan in future.
This is a painful issue for Azerbaijan. The country is working hard
in this direction, and perhaps it will yield a positive result,"
said Huseynli.
According to the politician, those journalists' visits to the
occupied territories should be prohibited by their own countries or
the companies they represent.
"If a country recognizes Azerbaijan's territorial integrity but allows
others to violate this integrity, it means that country has created
conditions for violation of the law, kind of trampling the norms of
international law. Not only journalists and the media corporations
and televisions that they represent bear responsibility for this
matter but also their countries," said the politician.
http://en.apa.az/news/225413
From: Baghdasarian
APA, Azerbaijan
April 8 2015
[ 08 April 2015 17:10 ]
Baku. Malahat Najafova - APA. BBC correspondent Rayhan Demytrie paid
a visit to Azerbaijan's occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region and prepared
a report.
The author says in his report that the Armenians and Azerbaijanis
fought for these lands in 1990s.
"Azerbaijan lost control over the territories and hundreds and
thousands of ethnic Azerbaijanis fled their homes. Despite the
20-year ceasefire, the frontline remains heavily militarized. There
are frequent firefights and casualties. Nagorno-Karabkah calls itself
an independent republic. It has its own government, universities,
even an international airport. Though in reality, Karabakh Armenians
are isolated from the outside world.
Last year, "Nagorno-Karabkah republic" marked "20 years of its
independence". But this independence and republic itself has not been
recognized by the international community, which considers this land
part of Azerbaijan. This conflict remains unresolved, one such example
is the airport, renovated a couple of years ago, its seats are empty.
There no aircrafts flying in or out. The planes, risks being shot
down by Azerbaijan, because there is still no official peace agreement.
De-facto government says its exclusion from negotiations is holding
back the process."
Later on, the author presents an interview with Karen Mirzoyan who
declared himself the foreign minister of the illegal regime. The report
ends with a video showing trainings aimed at protecting children.
In his statement to APA, political analyst Gabil Huseynli
condemned such reportages, saying that foreign journalists' visits
to Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the basic elements of the propaganda
policy pursued by the separatist regime there.
According to him, the regime uses media as a tool.
"The invaders pretend to be seeking to tell the world through media
about their myths that there is a national freedom movement out there
and the occupied territories in fact belong to the Armenian population
of that region. At the same time, journalist movement to that region
helps with their legitimate recognition. Visits of journalists and
art figures to the region without Azerbaijan's permission and their
propaganda in this respect are blatant violation of the law. Because
the illegal regime has not been recognized by anyone and is accepted
as part of Azerbaijan by the international community," he said.
G. Huseynli said the only possible way to visit the occupied
territories is with an official permission from Baku.
"Baku blacklists all journalists who make illegal an illegal visit
to that region and bans them from ever entering Azerbaijan in future.
This is a painful issue for Azerbaijan. The country is working hard
in this direction, and perhaps it will yield a positive result,"
said Huseynli.
According to the politician, those journalists' visits to the
occupied territories should be prohibited by their own countries or
the companies they represent.
"If a country recognizes Azerbaijan's territorial integrity but allows
others to violate this integrity, it means that country has created
conditions for violation of the law, kind of trampling the norms of
international law. Not only journalists and the media corporations
and televisions that they represent bear responsibility for this
matter but also their countries," said the politician.
http://en.apa.az/news/225413
From: Baghdasarian