APA news agency, Azerbaijan
Aug 29 2017


Azerbaijan may blacklist Amnesty Press correspondent

[Armenian News note: the below is translated from Azeri edition of APA]

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is currently investigating a trip by
a representative of the Swedish publication Amnesty Press to
Nagorno-Karabakh and her name might be added to the list of
undesirable people.

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hikmat Haciyev has described
correspondent Izabella Rosengren's visit to Karabakh as "illegal".

"Despite the fact that covering conflicts, objective media principles
require taking into account the positions of both sides, unilateral
propaganda was published in this article. This indicates that this
article is custom-made," the spokesman added, speaking about
Rosengren's article published in Amnesty Press on 15 August on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Amnesty Press
correspondent Izabella Rosengren also paid an illegal visit to the
occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, Haciyev also said.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has received no appeal regarding
Rosengren's visit, Haciyev said, adding that this article was biased
and promoted the consequences of Armenia's military aggression against
Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is currently investigating the
Amnesty Press correspondent's visit to Nagorno-Karabakh and her name
can be added to the list of undesirable people, Hikmat Haciyev said.