Abulfaz Garayev: "I do not believe that wise and serious investors would invest into tourism development in the occupied lands"

"I do not believe that wise and serious investors would invest into the development of tourism in the occupied lands. Only representatives of the Armenian lobby can invest there", the Minister told reporters on Saturday, Novosti-Azerbaijan reports.

The Minister called the proposal of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to invest into Nagorno Karabakh as "an impossible dream".

"This is an open occupational policy, which we are facing every day", said Abulfaz Garayev.

He said several states especially fix in their tourism references that these lands are occupied.

Asked about the expected visit of the European mission on the facts of destruction of historical and cultural memorials in the occupied lands, the Minister said that the Azerbaijani side has already taken all measures for it.

"Again, the Armenia and international organizations have taken steps to change some of the provisions. But we successfully resisted this and the Foreign Ministry openly voiced its position on the said issue, according to which the mission must act equally both in Azerbaijan and in the Azerbaijani occupied lands and in Armenia", concluded he.