Foreign Ministry of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) made a statement on the hullabaloo whipped by Azerbaijani side on the recent visit of Turkish journalists to NKR.

NEWS.am posts the full text of the statement:

“Despite Baku’s ballyhoo in connection with the Turkish NTV film crew visit to the NKR and the Azerbaijani pressure on the political leadership of Turkey apropos of this, Turkish journalists keep on making a request for the NKR authorities to grant them entry visas to the republic for covering the current events here.

Following the democratic principles and treating with understanding the journalists’ aspiration to fulfill their professional duty by getting information from the primary sources, the NKR leadership does not only raise difficulties, but even support their activity.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is open to journalists, irrespective of the country they represent. The NKR authorities also proceed from the fact that an objective and detailed presentation of the situation in the republic to the world will only contribute to the peaceful settlement of the conflict with Azerbaijan and to the international recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.”