Baku. 16 May. REPORT.AZ/ The political and legal counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the US, Mammad Talibov responded to the article published in "New York Times" newspaper on tourism opportunities and the life in Armenia and the occupied Azerbaijani territories
Report informs referring to "New York Times" that the author did not tell the full and tragic story of the illegal occupation of the
Referring to the International Crisis Group M.Talibov, the internally displaced people “have to cope with automatic gunfire, land mines, unexploded munitions, water contamination and fires deliberately set to fields and forests as a military tactic: "Sadly, based on the article, the reader might consider the region to be a tourist destination akin to any other."
The Embassy counselor noted that, Azerbaijan continues to work toward a peaceful resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict so that displaced persons and tourists alike may return to this beautiful land.