Yerevan's provocative attempt towards Azerbaijan prevented

/By Azernews/

By Nazrin Gadimova

Yerevan has taken the next provocative attempt towards Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s western neighbor, Armenia presented an unrecognized state created in the occupied Azerbaijani territories at the International Tourism Exhibition, which is underway in Berlin.

Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, Hikmet Hajiyev said Azerbaijan’s embassy in Germany together with the exhibition’s organizers is taking measures to remove this stand exposition.

This is not the first time when Armenia is trying to represent the self-proclaimed state at the international events.

Hajiyev added that in 2009, Yerevan also attempted to represent unrecognized regime established in the occupied Nagorno Karabakh region at the ITB Berlin, but this attempt failed.

“This year, participation of the separatist regime with an individual pavilion at the ITB exhibition is being effectively suppressed thanks to the proactive measures taken by the Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany,” he emphasized.

Hajiyev said that this time, a certain organization deceived the organizing committee of the exhibition by registering under a different name. At the opening day of the event, a poster with the ‘Karabakh’ inscription appeared in the pavilion of this organization. Thus, the unrecognized regime once again demonstrated its criminal nature.

In close contact with the organizers of the exhibition, Azerbaijan’s embassy in Germany is taking measures on removing this stand at the moment, he added.

Hajiyev believes that Armenia is trying to maintain an unrecognized regime and to strengthen consequences of the occupation through abusing the opportunities of tourism sphere.

Following the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism, structures functioning in the sphere of tourism, as well as tourists themselves should respect the laws of the country they are visiting. Moreover, they should not be engaged in any activity that could be considered a crime under the laws of this country, the official said.

Hajiyev noted that Azerbaijan urges all countries, businesses and individuals operating in the tourism sector to prevent attempts of promoting unrecognized regime created that Armenia created in the Azerbaijani lands through aggression and bloody ethnic cleansing.

As a result of conflict that evolved in 1988, Armenia created an unrecognized regime at the occupied territory of neighboring Azerbaijan. Armenia controls over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions that make up 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory for over 24 years, using the resources of these rich lands.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly accused Armenia of carrying out illegal economic and other activities in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, counteracting the international law. Armenia uses the Nagorno-Karabakh as a testing ground for terrorist activities, as well as for drug trafficking. Moreover, companies from more than 20 countries illegally operate in Azerbaijan’s occupied territories.