AZERBAIJAN CAN NOT CANCEL VISA REGIME WITH TURKEY

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
July 31 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend E.Huseynli / Azerbaijan may not cancel
the visa regime with other countries, including Turkey, the Consul
General of Azerbaijan to Turkey, Sayyad Aran, informed on 31 July
by telephone.

"Canceling the visa regime may be possible only after settlement of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and consolidation of borders. Currently
Armenia may use the opening of the Azerbaijani borders for their
interests. The risk of occurrence of various provocations in Azerbaijan
increases," Aran said.

According to 19 July 2007 decision of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Turkey, non-vise regime will be introduced for the citizens of
Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan who
have citizen passports needed only for the tourist visas to Turkey
with a period of up to 30 days.