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    Azeri diplomats urge British Foreign Office to explain travel warning

    ANS TV, Baku
    2 Feb 05

    [Presenter] The British ambassador has been summoned to the
    Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to discuss the description of Nagornyy
    Karabakh and the occupied territories as a disputed area between
    Azerbaijan and Armenia and also reports characterizing Azerbaijan as a
    dangerous country posted on the web site of the British Foreign
    Office. Baku hopes that the British Foreign Office will correct its
    mistake soon.

    [Correspondent over video of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry] British
    ambassador to Azerbaijan Lawrence Bristow was summoned to the
    Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. The ambassador was asked to give an
    explanation of the British Foreign Office's appeal posted on its web
    site to British citizens over a potential threat of terror in
    Azerbaijan.

    The head of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's press service, Matin
    Mirza, said that the ambassador assured Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign
    Minister Vaqif Sadixov that the issue will be clarified. Deputy
    Foreign Minister Araz Azimov and British ambassador Bristow also
    discussed the issue. Azimov said that the ambassador himself was
    surprised at the warning.

    [Azimov, speaking to journalists] He told me that it is
    unfounded. Perhaps the issue will be looked into. This simply happened
    as a result of someone's inaccuracy or provocation.

    [Correspondent] The deputy foreign minister said that Britain and
    Azerbaijan have no problems and he is convinced that British citizens
    living in Azerbaijan will reject the warning on the web site of the
    British Foreign Office. Azimov is sure that the British Foreign
    Office will correct its mistake soon.

    [Passage omitted: reported details]

    Baxtiyar Salimov, Ramin Yaqubov, ANS.
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