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    Trend News Agency (Baku, Azerbaijan)
    Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
    November 27, 2014 Thursday


    Ukrainian TV channel illegally operated in Azerbaijan



    Nov. 27--The journalism activity of employees of Ukraine's '1+1' TV
    channel in Azerbaijan was illegal, acting spokesperson of Azerbaijani
    Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend on Nov.27.

    He said Ukraine's '1+1' TV channel appealed to Azerbaijan's Foreign
    Ministry for accreditation and the ministry considered this appeal in
    accordance with the law on the media.

    "However, violating the accreditation rules, the TV channel's
    representatives conducted journalism activity in Azerbaijan's
    territory without receiving an accreditation card, which is the
    violation of the law," the acting spokesperson added.

    Moreover, without getting official permission from Azerbaijan, the TV
    channel's representatives illegally visited the Azerbaijani
    territories occupied by Armenia without informing the Azerbaijani side
    in advance, said Hajiyev.

    The reporters of Ukraine's '1+1' TV channel prepared a "15 republics"
    TV program where the reality about Azerbaijan's socio-political
    system, Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is distorted
    and sympathy expressed to the separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh,
    as well as Armenia which has occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijani
    territories for more than 20 years.

    Azerbaijani embassy in Ukraine has already expressed protest to this
    country's Foreign Ministry regarding the issue.

    The embassy said that the screening of such tailor-made and biased TV
    program against Azerbaijan which is always committed to the principles
    of strategic cooperation and friendship, supports Ukraine's
    territorial integrity and voted for this in the UN General Assembly,
    caused a fair amount of discontent of Azerbaijan's diplomatic mission
    in Ukraine and thousands of Azerbaijanis living in this country.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result
    of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent
    of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven
    surrounding districts.

    The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently
    holding peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.

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