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Armenian TV channels occupy air space in near-border villages of Azerbaijanâ€™s Gazakh Region

23 June 2008 11:06 (UTC +04:00)

Gazakh. Nazaket Mashadialigizi, Ilhama Isabalayeva-APA. Armenian TV channels have occupied the air space in near-border Gushchu Ayrim, Mazam and Farahli villages of Azerbaijanâ€™s Gazakh Region. Local channels except AzTV are not available in near-border areas. Armenia installed TV transmitter in near-border area three years ago and doesnâ€™t allow the Azerbaijani TV channels to air in the above-mentioned villages.
Local residents can watch the local TV channels via satellite antennas, but the waves of Armenian transmitters enter into their airs too. Broadcasting of Azerbaijani TV channels are breached in the evenings particularly. Local residents said despite that they did not know Armenian language they understood that Armenians conducted serious TV propaganda on Nagorno Karabakh. They show their flag over Shusha at the end of advertising spots. Deputy Head of the Gazakh Regional Executive Authority Farman Hagdaliyev told APA local bureau they repeatedly appealed the relative organizations on this problem, but no concrete measures have been taken yet. Nagdaliyev said mobile communication was weak in near-border areas of Azerbaijan, but Armeniaâ€™s Armencell is quite stronger there. Even Armenians send message â€œWelcome to Armenian landâ€ via mobile phones.
Technical director of Teleradio production enterprise of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Azerbaijan Mikayil Abbasov told APA that his organization organized only AzTV and Republican radio broadcasting over the territory of the republic. He said they had installed transmitters for AzTV broadcasting in all three villages â€“ Gushchu Ayrim, Mazam and Farahli of Gazakh Region and thee was no problem in this field. Regarding to other local channels, Abbasov said they should purchase and install transmitters for improving of quality of their broadcasting. â€œAccording to the instructions of International Telecommunication Union, wave of one channel in near-border area can cover 300 km territory. Therefore Armenian channels enter into our air space and our channels into the Armenian spaceâ€.
Senior Adviser of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies Gulam Abdullayev told APA that they would investigate Armencell activeness in the territory of Gazakh Region.