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After US Azerbaijani Diasporaâ€™s urgent action ABC removes Nagorno Karabakh from its travel section

11 January 2012 08:20 (UTC +04:00)

According to the Katrandjianâ€™s article, Nagorno-Karabakh is the place to go for an adventure and itâ€™s the â€œkind of place thatâ€™s so contested that not only does it not have an embassy, but its "Office of Permanent Representation" in Armenia doesnâ€™t even ask if you want your visa pasted into your passport. They know you donâ€™t, so they just attach it with a paper clipâ€.

The author also talks about the recently-built Armenia Hotel in the â€œcapital of Nagorno-Karabakhâ€ and advise to go hiking through snow-topped mountains and fields of yellow and red flowers. â€œFeast on shish kebob and grilled vegetables. If youâ€™re staying with a local, donâ€™t be surprised if youâ€™re offered homemade mulberry vodka with breakfastâ€.

According to the Azeri Diaspora members on January 10, ABC News removed the Nagorno-Karabakh section after they were advised Nagorno-Karabakh was a war zone and integral part of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia. So, now the article is called "6 Great Offbeat Places to Go in 2012".

However, Armenians who had been watching the article, have started a campaign of bashing ABC, pretty aggressive one: http://asbarez.com/100238/abc-news-removes-karabakh-from-its-travel-feature/

The Diaspora asks its supporters to go to the comments section and write 3-4 sentences indicating facts on Karabakh being an Azerbaijani territory, specifying the danger of visiting war zone Karabakh and saying that ABC was right to remove NK because it would have been responsible for lives of those visiting the NK, and pasting State Department warnings: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_978.html#safety