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We are concerned about Turkish journalists’ visit to Nagorno-Karabakh:
Azerbaijani parliament’s first vice-speaker

26 September 2009 [13:54] – Today.Az

The first vice speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament urges Turkish
journalists to respect Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and
sovereignty.

"We are concerned about the Turkish journalists’ visit to
Nagorno-Karabakh through crossing the territory of other country,"
First Vice-Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov told
reporters.

Asgarov said the Azerbaijan-Turkey relations cannot be equated with
maintained with other states.

"Turkey has recognized territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and always
supported us, as well as recognized that Nagorno-Karabakh and its
surrounding regions are the Azerbaijani territories. We ask to prevent
such cases in the future," the vice speaker added.

He said if the Turkish journalists want to visit the Nagorno-Karabakh,
they can do it via Azerbaijan. "We would like the Turkish journalists
to respect territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan,"
Asgarov added.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest against
journalists’ visit to Nagorno-Karabakh to the Turkish Embassy in Baku
on Sept. 25.