Today, Azerbaijan
May 19 2007

German Foreign Ministry respects Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity,
does not recognize so called "Nagorno Karabakh republic"

19 May 2007 [10:44] – Today.Az

Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany appealed to German Foreign Ministry
with regard to the information posted on APA’s web-site with
reference to Armenian sources which said German delegation composed
of political, social and business figures, including Bundestag member
Markus Gizeke is visiting Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories.

Embassy second secretary Nasimi Agayev told the APA German Foreign
Ministry replied that it has no information on the visit.

"German Foreign Ministry officially told the Embassy that Berlin
recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, and they do not
recognize so called "Nagorno Karabakh republic." The Ministry also
said that they do not organize visits to Nagorno Karabakh in the
level of government. German government can not control German NGO’s
visits to Nagorno Karabakh as such visits are made individually," he
said.

As to Bundestag member’s being in the composition of the delegation
visiting Karabakh, Foreign Ministry said this information is false.

"Because there is not a person called Markus Gizeke in Bundestag.
There was not such parliamentarian in the composition of Parliament
in the past 15 years," it said.

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