Is Radio Liberty functioning on the occupied Azerbaijani lands? - UPDATED

Day.Az reports with reference to sources in the Liberty radio that a correspondent started working as a freelancer for the Armenian service of the radio in Khankendi.

It was noted that the correspondent point is not implied.

It should be reminded that on December 13 Day.Az reported with reference to the Kavkazskiy uzel about the resumption of the activity of the Azadlyg radio correspondent point in Khankendi which was approved by the leaders of the separatist regime in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan.

Sources in the official structures of Azerbaijan told our correspondent that the intentions of the Liberty radio, which wants to get information from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan are understandable.

Head of the Baku office of the Azadlyg radio Khadija Ismaylova told Day.Az that Khankendi always had a freelance correspondent and in this case one correspondent can just be replaced with another.

"Khankendi never had a correspondnet point of the Liberty Radio except for a freelance correspondent. The information about the resumption of activity of Liberty Radio in Nagorno Karabakh after 15 years of interval is incorrect as all this time, the radio was present there", said Ismaylova.

It should be noted that the plans of the Libery Radio with their correspondent in Khankendi astonishingly "coincided" with the plans of the National Television and Radio Council of Azerbaijan to halt transmission of foreign radio stations, including Liberty radio on the national frequencies of Azerbaijan, which is more likely a demarche.

On the background of the negative attitude of official Baku to foreign companies, working in the occupied lands, we consider that this issue will get due response.

/Day.Az/