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Abulfas Garayev announces terms of Azerbaijan concerning the UNESCO fact-finding mission in Nagorno Karabakh

07 April 2011 14:07 (UTC +04:00)

While non-existence of mutual understanding, the fact-finding mission to Azerbaijan is not possibleâ€, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfas Garayev told journalists, APA reports.

Minister announced the demands of Azerbaijan concerning the organizing the visit. â€œWe demand that if the fact-finding mission intends to learn situation of the cultural heritage, it should visit not only the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, but also Armenia and Azerbaijan to analyze whole situation. Our second term is that the mission should move to Nagorno Karabakh from the Azerbaijani sideâ€.

Abulfas Garayev also spoke about the Armeniaâ€™s introducing Nagorno Karabakh as its territory at the international exhibitions. â€œAs if they will organize tourism centers in Khankendi and attract tourists there. Armenia introduces Nagorno Karabakh as its territory at the international exhibitions. As if they organize tours there. Who will travel to the occupied territories? Armenian diaspora has large opportunities and it is possible to organize such tours. But it is contradictory to the international law. We believe that the World Tourism Organization condemns these actions and supports our position. As the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, I recommend to all over the world not to travel to Nagorno Karabakh while visiting Armenia, because Nagorno Karabakh is the Azerbaijani land and its illegal for you to travel thereâ€.