Hikmat Hajiyev: “BBC correspondent’s visit to Nagorno Karabakh was known to the Azerbaijani side in advance”

[ 08 April 2015 19:54 ]

He said that the letter expressed international media outlet BBC’s respect for Azerbaijan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, internationally recognized borders and the laws and regulations that permit visits to its occupied territories. “In the meantime, the letter asked permission for BBC correspondent Rayhan Demytrie's visit to Azerbaijan’s Nagorno Karabakh region to prepare a report. Though we don’t accept some points highlighted in the program, we respect for professional activity of a journalist within the law of the country and freedom of press. Unfortunately, the so-called regime established Armenia in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan hasn’t allowed the preparation of a detailed report. As a rule, representatives of foreign mass media outlets who visit the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are given the opportunity to move on a limited route under strict control and make video shooting.

Hajiyev mentioned that if the journalist was allowed for video shooting, he would be able to present the atrocities committed against the property of Azerbaijani citizens who were subjected to ethnic cleansing and against the historical cultural and religious monuments belonging to the Azerbaijani people in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan: “If the BBC correspondent was allowed to get in touch with the ordinary people, he would see the miserable situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan as a result of the Armenian aggression.”