AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY SENDS LETTER OF PROTEST TO EURONEWS TV CHANNEL

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Dec 1 2009
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has sent a letter of protest to the
top management of Euronews TV channel to protest the report about
Nagorno-Karabakh, ministry’s spokesman Elkhan Polukhov said.

He said the ministry expressed strong protest against the unilateral
and not impartial report on Nagorno-Karabakh.

"The report can be appreciated as not meeting journalistic standards
because it features position of only one side. The report openly
demonstrated a unilateral position," Polukhov said.

"The embassy of Azerbaijan in France was also informed about the
problem to take necessary steps to investigate the issue," he added.

The diplomat said Foreign Ministry will voice its official position
on this issue after its receives a reply from Euronews and studies
the matter in detail.

Euronews report showed Nagorno-Karabakh separately from Azerbaijan
and described head of the break-away regime as "president of
"Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".

Opinion of Azerbaijani officials on the issue was not learned.

Euronews head office is located in Lion, France.