NKR MFA: Russia Channel report on Karabakh cancelled over Azeri pressureNovember 14, 2008 - 18:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Journalists from the Russia TV Channel have paid a working visit to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Recently to prepare a corresponding survey for the Vesti Nedeli program. The journalists prepared a commentary on the peaceful life and post-war rehabilitation of Nagorno Karabakh, and, at their request, the corresponding structures of NKR arranged meetings with official and public representatives of the Republic and organized visits to the institutions, enterprises, etc. However, as it turned out later, after the commentary was covered in the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation, the coverage of the material was stopped in other regions, under the pressure of Azerbaijan, says a statement by the NKR Foreign Ministry."Who could dislike the fair survey on the peaceful life in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic? The answer is simple: Baku fears the truth about Nagorno Karabakh that for the years of its independence, the Republic has successfully solved all the issues and has progressively developed. It's absolutely inadmissible to use the situation in propagandistic purposes; the informational technologies that distort the core of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict should be necessarily rejected. Similar actions negatively affect, first of all, the Azerbaijani society, as deluding it on the Nagorno Karabakh issue Baku brings all the peacemaking initiatives to naught. Moreover, this absurd incident testifies that the leadership of the Russia Channel under the pressure of the Azerbaijani authorities displays "caution", ipso facto preventing the TV viewers of the Russian Federation from getting trustworthy information on the NKR and sets a sad example both to other TV channels and periodicals," the statement says. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. Moscow says ready to support Yerevan-Baku reconciliation Moscow has confirmed its readiness to support the reconciliation of Yerevan and Baku. |