We are concerned about Turkish journalists' visit to Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijani parliament's first vice-speaker

"We are concerned about the Turkish journalists' visit to Nagorno-Karabakh through crossing the territory of other country," First Vice-Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov told reporters.

Asgarov said the Azerbaijan-Turkey relations cannot be equated with maintained with other states.

"Turkey has recognized territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and always supported us, as well as recognized that Nagorno-Karabakh and its surrounding regions are the Azerbaijani territories. We ask to prevent such cases in the future," the vice speaker added.

He said if the Turkish journalists want to visit the Nagorno-Karabakh, they can do it via Azerbaijan. "We would like the Turkish journalists to respect territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan," Asgarov added.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest against journalists' visit to Nagorno-Karabakh to the Turkish Embassy in Baku on Sept. 25.

/Trend News/