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Azerbaijani students to stage protest outside Euronews headquarters

05 December 2009 17:57 (UTC +04:00)

Jeyhun Osmanli, Chairman of IRELI, said Azerbaijani students studying in Europe, as well as Azerbaijanis living in France will protest against Euronewsâ€™ biased position against Azerbaijan next week.

Azerbaijan was angered by Euronews recent report which showed Azerbaijanâ€™s internationally recognized territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, and the head of that separatist regime as "President".

Armenian armed forces illegally occupied Nagorno Karabakh amid the chaos after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Armenia keeps holding the illegally invaded Azeri lands under occupation in defiance of the UN Security Councilâ€™s four resolutions and other international organizationsâ€™ and countriesâ€™ calls on unconditional withdrawal of Armenian armed forces.

Azerbaijanâ€™s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also expressed protest and condemned the news channelâ€™s misleading stance on the long-drawn-out conflict.

Azerbaijan National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) said it would bring up the issue of suspending Euronews in local cable networks in accordance with existing legislation if it continues anti-Azerbaijani propaganda in a continuing manner.

Euronews assured it will prepare a programme in favour of Azerbaijan to maintain the balance, said Nushiravan Maharramli, Chairman of the NTRC.

"If they do not maintain the balance, there will be problems concerning the transmission of this channel via cable networks in Azerbaijan. We will take adequate measures. Euronews is currently available via almost all cable networks in Azerbaijan,â€ he added.