RUSSIA’S LARGEST MOBILE OPERATOR OFFERS SERVICES IN KARABAKH’S OCCUPIED LANDS
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Aug 28 2009
Azerbaijan
Armenia’s mobile operator ArmenTel, (Beeline brand in Armenian
territory) part of VimpelCom group of companies, provides roaming
services in the territory of Azerbaijan’s occupied Nagorno-Karabakh
region and cooperates with the separatists.
VimpelCom’s (Beeline brand) Armenia-based Web site contain abbreviation
"NKR" as an independent state. The Web site has ample of errors
showing disrespect to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
"Roaming" section includes list of Beeline roaming partners. The list
says that Nagorno-Karabakh is preferential tariff zone. It also says
Karabakh Telecom is Beeline’s partner in Karabakh.
VimpelCom group of companies include companies operating in Russia,
Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Armenia,
as well as Vietnam and Cambodia, a territory with a total population
of about 340 million people. Services are provided under the brand
Beeline.
In other words, any Beeline subscriber, be it in Russia, Tajikstan,
Georgia, Uzbekstan, etc., once arriving in Nagorno-Karabakh, will
easily be able to use roaming services which is a direct violation
of all international norms.
Azerbaijan’s responsible governmental agencies need to intervene
with the matter so that all companies engaged in illegal activities
in Nagorno-Karabakh will understand they violate international norms
and law.