Azerbaijan concerned over Canadian investment in Karabakh – envoy

Bilik Dunyasi news agency
15 Mar 05

BAKU

The Azerbaijani parliament and public have expressed an extremely
negative attitude to the activities of a number of Canadian companies,
which run counter to international legal norms, the Azerbaijani
ambassador to Canada, Faxraddin Qurbanov, has told the speaker of the
House of Commons, Peter Milliken.

During the meeting, the Azerbaijani ambassador informed the speaker of
the House of Commons of the Azerbaijani government’s concern about the
intention of the Canadian Buried Hill Energy company to take part in
the development of the Kapaz [Serdar] oil field in the Azerbaijani
sector of the Caspian Sea and the refusal of the company’s
administration to hold negotiations with the embassy.

The diplomat also voiced the Azerbaijani side’s concern over Canadian
companies’ work on the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani
territories. Pointing to the articles published in the influential
newspaper The Globe and Mail, the ambassador said the activities of
Canadian companies, which run counter to international legal norms,
were in the focus of both the Azerbaijani and Canadian press.

Qurbanov added that it was for this reason that the Azerbaijani
parliament had not ratified the Azerbaijani-Canadian agreement on
avoiding double taxation.

The ambassador also said that the further development of bilateral
relations required the opening of a Canadian embassy in Baku.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress