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Pioneering Nagorno Karabakh Group Tour by British Company Angering Azerbaijan

Regent Holidays, a travel company located in Bristol, United Kingdom, is planning new group tours to Nagorno Karabakh.

Two tours are scheduled for May 6 and August 28, 2016. The trips will start from Armenian and last 11 days; visits to the cities of Shushi and Stepanakert, Gandzasar and Dadivank Monasteries, the Mayraberd and Tigranakert fortresses are envisaged.

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has said the trips are “illegal.” Spokesman for the Ministry Hikmat Hajiyev told APA that the Azerbaijani Embassy in the UK will inform the country’s state bodies about the “illegal” activity of the travel company and take necessary measures in this regard.

The travel company doesn’t organize trips to Azerbaijan.

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