He made the statement while addressing a conference on rehabilitation and reconstruction of the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, demining, use of urbanization potential in the post-conflict period, and opportunities for international cooperation, Report informs.
According to him, the US and French ambassadors have defiantly refused to visit Shusha despite repeated invitations.
“This should be regarded as their non-recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” he said.
It should be noted that after the liberation of Azerbaijani territories from the occupation ambassadors of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries in Baku did not pay visits to those territories. However, on July 15 of this year, Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov visited Shusha, breaking this vicious circle. Unfortunately, the US and French ambassadors to Azerbaijan still refuse to visit Shusha.