Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 28 2005

5 companies illegally cooperating with separatist regime named

Baku, July 27, AssA-Irada

The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan has named five companies illegally
cooperating with the separatist regime in Upper Garabagh. The
scrutiny continues, as there are more companies responsible for such
unlawful activity, a source from the Ministry told local ANS TV.
Uzbekistan’s Daewoo-Unitel, Ukraine’s Kievstar and two Italian
companies are collaborating with the separatist regime in cellular
communications. A French company is engaged in exporting grapes
jointly with a company operating in Upper Garabagh, the same source
said.
Azerbaijani embassies in Uzbekistan and Italy have urged these
companies to provide explanations.
Daewoo-Unitel has said that it will withdraw the information about
its cooperation with the `Garabagh-Telecom’ company as well as the
symbol and texts terming Upper Garabagh as an independent state from
its advertisements on August 2.
The Italian companies are still scrutinizing the matter.*