BAKU INDIGNANT AT BBC REPORTS FROM NAGORNO KARABAKH

Azerbaijan will undertake all the necessary measures not to allow representatives of foreign organizations to the territory of Nagorno Karabakh without official Baku’s knowledge, the Azerbaijani MFA officials stated when commenting on BBC correspondent Steven Eak’s reports from NKR capital city of Stepanakert dedicated to the 10-th anniversary of cease-fire regime in the Karabakh conflict, Zerkalo Baku newspaper writes. In the opinion of the Azeri ministry of foreign affairs, such actions “demonstrate disrespect for Azerbaijan and ignores norms of jus gentuim”. Most of all official Baku is indignant about the fact that the British reporter testified that Nagorno Karabakh is a stable state while its citizens form a self-efficient society asserting a noble idea, which proceeds from humanistic aspirations of an ancient people the world community should reckon with. “During 10 years already these people are getting used to the idea that they will either live in an independent but not recognized as a such state, or will form a part of enlarged Armenia. Everyone here tells me that the only possible positive scenario is to live in two neighbor states”, Steven Eak responded to one of the broadcaster’s questions. Zerkalo is perplexed: “Why BBC, the principal donor of which is the British government – Azerbaijan’s strategic energy ally – is taking such a information-political line in the region”. “UK, as it is known lacks strong Armenian lobby. So what makes the super power, which received as much as it wanted, even the backbone influence upon the domestic processes, from oil-bearing Azerbaijan, act in this way? May be we were mistaken in choosing friends? Or they only pretended to be friends?” the newspaper writes.