Moroccan ambassador visits Azerbaijan’s Tovuz region

Ambassador of Morocco to Azerbaijan Hassan Hami visited Tovuz region at the invitation of MP Ganira Pashayeva.

The MP informed the Moroccan diplomat about the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan on the basis of the maps of Azerbaijan and said the territory of Azerbaijan was divided step by step throughout the past centuries as a result of occupation policy of the neighbor countries and currently 20 percent of the Azerbaijani lands are occupied by Armenia. The ambassador visited the Alley of Martyrs and the mosque of Tovuz region.

While visiting the Aghdam village, which is located on borders with Armenia, the ambassador was informed that Armenian armed forces frequently violate ceasefire, fire at the near-border villages and civilians, hinder farming work and commit arsons. Armenian snipers shoot the people working in the agricultural fields. The villagers don’t visit the graves of their relatives trying to avoid the snipers’ bullets. Several people were shot dead by the snipers and several wounded while visiting the cemetery. The villagers were forced to build new cemetery. This is a tragedy for the local residents that Armenian armed forces commit arsons in the cemetery and burned historical-religious monuments.

MP Ganira Pashayeva appreciated the Moroccan ambassador’s visit to Tovuz region as very important event. The diplomat planted a tree in the boundary village as the memory of his visit.

During the visit Hassan Hami met with head of Tovuz region executive power Tofig Zeynalov. Tofig Zeynalov and MP Ganira Pashayeva informed Ambassador about the geographical position, strategic importance, economy and tourism potential of the region. Ganira Pashayeva said fraternization of a region or city of Morocco with Tovuz can be very important, she underlined the necessity of extending cooperation between Moroccan regions and Tovuz and made proposals.

Ambassador Hassan Hami expressed his satisfaction with the visit to Tovuz, noted that Azerbaijan and its regions are developing rapidly and said Morocco is interested in extending cooperation with the regions of Azerbaijan, including Tovuz. Touching on Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, Ambassador said his country recognizes and supports Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Ambassador familiarized with the places of interest of the region, historical monuments.

The guests also visited Mentesh tepe in Ashagi Ayibli village, where archeological excavations are being carried out. They were shown remains of constructions in the ancient dwelling place dating back to the 4th millennium BC. Barrow covering 160 sq m area was found in the territory called Mentesh. French archeologists participating in the archeological studies also informed Hassan Hami about the ancient dwelling place.


/APA/