PETER SEMNEBY IS ALSO DENIED ACCESS TO KARABAKH
KarabakhOpen
10-09-2007 12:39:52
Apparently, Baku is determined to prevent foreigners from visiting
Karabakh via Armenia. Officials are not an exception.
For instance, Peter Semneby, the EU’s special representative for
the South Caucasus, said in Brussels they considered his visit to
Nagorno-Karabakh. However, there is no agreement on the time of the
visit and the country via which the special representative will visit
the region.
Peter Semneby said it will be his first visit to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Earlier his predecessor Heikki Talvitie had visited the area of
the conflict.
By the way, a few months ago when Peter Semneby was on his way to
Karabakh, he got a phone call when the car was already in Goris and
the special representative returned to Yerevan.
We can make efforts to build confidence and set up contact between the
communities of Nagorno-Karabakh because we are developing strategic
cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Semneby said, although
he failed to explain how this confidence will be built if Azerbaijan
denies access to Karabakh.