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    Karabakh Foreign Ministery Warns Azerbaijan Over Tourism Blocakde


    Friday, January 21st, 2011
    by Asbarez


    STEPANAKERT-The Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on
    Friday issued a statement condemning efforts by Azerbaijan to prevent
    foreign citizens from traveling to the nascent republic.

    `Azerbaijan has recently intensified it efforts to make travel to the
    Nagorno-Karabakh Republic more difficult, a destructive initiative of
    Official Baku to dissuade foreign citizens from visiting the
    republic,' the statement says. `The Azerbaijani leaderships attempts
    to interfere in this regard are unwarranted and must be considered as
    yet another manifestation of its hostility towards our country.'

    The statement explains that Karabakh has been `visited by tens of
    thousands of guests from many countries in the civilized world' since
    it declared independence in 1991.

    `Missions of international organizations, including NGOs, and
    businesses constantly operate in the Republic,' the statement said,
    adding that despite Azerbaijan's efforts, the Foreign Ministry
    annually registers a 15% increase in the number of tourists visiting
    the country. `This testifies to the sincere and increasing interest of
    the international community towards the Karabakh phenomenon.'

    In an effort to quell this progress, Azerbaijan's authorities `often
    resort to blackmail and other actions contrary to international legal
    and moral standards,' the statement adds. Such efforts, it continues,
    are an `encroachment on the interests of the people of Karabakh and
    hamper confidence-building measures necessary to settle the
    Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict.'

    In an apparent warning to Azerbaijan, the statement said that over the
    years, Karabakh `has developed as an independent and democratic state,
    which is able to defend its sovereignty and the democratic rights and
    liberties of all its citizens.'

    `The Azerbaijani leadership should put an end to its destructive steps
    and direct its political potential to negotiating a mutually
    acceptable peace and stability in the South Caucasus, with the
    consideration of the existing realities,' it concludes.




    From: A. Papazian
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