NIZAMI BAHMANOV: OUR INTELLECTUALS’ VISIT TO SHUSHA PROVED POSSIBILITY OF PASSING THE ARMENIAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES THROUGH AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 29 2007

OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs were going to Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani
regions passing through Armenia, or from the territories of other
countries for ‘security reasons’ up to now.

But Azerbaijani intellectuals’ visit to Khankendi and Shusha yesterday
proved that if OSCE is interested there will be no threat, Azerbaijani
Community of Nagorno Karabakh Public Union’s chief Nizami Bahmanov
told APA. He stressed that the intellectuals’ visit put an end to
the pretexts existing till now.

"Intellectuals’ going from Tartar to Khankendi by car proved that it
will be expedient to go to our occupied regions through Azerbaijan. I
regard that after informing OSCE it is possible to go from Baku to
Khankendi either by car or helicopter. I welcome the latest visit
of our intellectuals. This is natural process that is peoples from
Shusha visit their original place," he underscored.