AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY OFFERS TO BAN TRIPS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF AZERBAIJANI NGO TO ARMENIA

Arminfo Agency
2007-05-02 12:23:00

Yesterday, at the Parliament session, the Azerbaijani parliamentarian,
President of NGO National Forum Azay Guliyev offered to pass a Law
banning the trips of NGO representatives to Armenia until Karabakh
conflict settlement. As the Day.az reports, the deputy grounded his
proposal by the fact that the state policy of Azerbaijan envisages
refusal from any kind of cooperation with Armenia until the conflict
settlement.

"The next group of NGO representatives is going to visit the summer
camp in Armenia in a month. The Armenians profit by these trips and
declare to the whole world that the Azerbaijanians and Armenians may
calmly live in peace with each other without the Karabakh conflict
settlement. We cannot ban these trips since there is no a relevant
legislation. Therefore, we have to settle this issue by legislative
means", he said. The deputy explained that his proposal relates to
the citizens of Armenia only and does not concern the communication
with Armenians for NKR, as they are legally considered the citizens
of Azerbaijan.