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AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR REACTS TO GUARDIAN'S INCORRECT PUBLICATION ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2015
15 January 2015
By Jamila Jafarova - Trend:
The Guardian, British newspaper, published Ambassador of Azerbaijan
to London Tahir Taghizadeh's letter sent to its editorial staff.
In his letter, the ambassador expressed his indignation that the
newspaper included Nagorno-Karabakh in an article on "the best new
adventures for 2015" (Totally out there, Travel, 10 January).
The newspaper's inclusion of Nagorno-Karabakh in an article on "the
best new adventures for 2015" is disrespectful to the people of
Azerbaijan, the letter says.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is an internationally recognised part of Azerbaijan
currently under the occupation of Armenian armed forces," the
ambassador said.
This encourages an aggressor to maintain control over a portion
of a territory of another country and show total neglect of the
sufferings of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people,
the letter says.
"Sadly, this plays into the hands of the separatist regime, which
strives to legitimise its act of occupation," he wrote.
The ambassador wrote that the Guardian's stance against recent
separatist tendencies in the post-Soviet space is commendable, and
one would wish the same sensitivity shown to Azerbaijan.
"The Foreign Office warns against any travel to Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding occupied regions of Azerbaijan," the letter says. "By
promoting Nagorno-Karabakh as a so-called tourist "destination" you
mislead the public and potentially put their lives at risk; also,
those taking unauthorised trips will be unable to travel to the rest
of Azerbaijan in future."
http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/karabakh/2353484.html
From: A. Papazian
Trend, Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2015
15 January 2015
By Jamila Jafarova - Trend:
The Guardian, British newspaper, published Ambassador of Azerbaijan
to London Tahir Taghizadeh's letter sent to its editorial staff.
In his letter, the ambassador expressed his indignation that the
newspaper included Nagorno-Karabakh in an article on "the best new
adventures for 2015" (Totally out there, Travel, 10 January).
The newspaper's inclusion of Nagorno-Karabakh in an article on "the
best new adventures for 2015" is disrespectful to the people of
Azerbaijan, the letter says.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is an internationally recognised part of Azerbaijan
currently under the occupation of Armenian armed forces," the
ambassador said.
This encourages an aggressor to maintain control over a portion
of a territory of another country and show total neglect of the
sufferings of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people,
the letter says.
"Sadly, this plays into the hands of the separatist regime, which
strives to legitimise its act of occupation," he wrote.
The ambassador wrote that the Guardian's stance against recent
separatist tendencies in the post-Soviet space is commendable, and
one would wish the same sensitivity shown to Azerbaijan.
"The Foreign Office warns against any travel to Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding occupied regions of Azerbaijan," the letter says. "By
promoting Nagorno-Karabakh as a so-called tourist "destination" you
mislead the public and potentially put their lives at risk; also,
those taking unauthorised trips will be unable to travel to the rest
of Azerbaijan in future."
http://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/karabakh/2353484.html
From: A. Papazian