Polish MFA thinks Azerbaijani permission unnecessary to visit KarabakhJanuary 12, 2011 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Polish embassy in Baku issued a statement according to which Polish citizens “have no right to visit Karabakh without permission of the Azerbaijani authorities.” “Nagorno Karabakh is an inseparable part of Azerbaijan and entry in this territory without official permission of Baku will be viewed as violation of Azerbaijan’s border,” the statement said. Meanwhile, as the Polish embassy in Yerevan told PanARMENIAN.Net the statement was made at the consular level and doesn’t not reflect the position of the Polish Foreign Ministry. The statement followed inclusion of MEP Tomasz Poreba, who visited Nagorno Karabakh in December 2010, in the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s ‘blacklist’. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. EU calls on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners The European Union calls on Azerbaijan to release all those imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Turkey wants deal after “positive developments” Turkey hopes “positive developments” in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to an agreement. |