Megaphon company not intending to stop cooperation with Nagorno Karabakh separatists

This comes from the letter of Day.Az reader Rahim Mahmudov, addressed to our agency.

"Dear, Day.Az agency!

After reading the article on the contract of the Russian company Megaphone with Karabakh Telecom and provision of roaming service in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, I have sent a letter to them. I would like to forward you their response to my letter. I think no comments are needed.

I forward you the unchanged text of the letter:

"Dear Rahim!

The roaming service allows Megaphon users to use their mobile phones, being in the operation area of other operators (both of GSM and other standards). By concluding an agreement with this operator, the Megaphon users may use the communication services in Nagorno Karabakh. Megaphon does not violate the international norms and principles and does not reject the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Thank you for the appeal and we hope for further fruitful cooperation!

Respectfully,

Customer service Megaphon-Siberia".

We are confident that this cynical answer, which makes it clear that Megaphon intends to cooperate with separatists, must be a greater stimulus for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Embassy to Moscow, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to react duly on this fact. Unfortunately, this did not happen so far.

We are confident that this time official structures of Azerbaijan should demand not only correction of mistakes on the website but also elimination of the roaming contacts between Megaphon and Karabakh Telecom. The previous experience proved that only a sharp ultimatum can be effective. The example is a situation when the National Bank demanded from the Western Union to stop activity in Nagorno Karabakh and prohibited the operation of this monetary transfers system in Azerbaijan.

Mobile companies of Azerbaijan should also partake in this issue and send letters of protest to this company and threaten to them that all business contacts might be stopped with Megaphon in case their continue cooperation with Nagorno Karabakh separatists.

Day.Az will follow the events.

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