< img src = "/uploads/blogs/19/e1/ib-fqdntabh3_810df762.jpg" Alt = "Azerbaijan ordered to close the local edition of BBC News"/> ~ ~ < p > Azerbaijani government ordered to suspend the activities of the local editorial staff BBC News in Baku Capital.
< P > As Ukrinform reports, the BBC reports.< p > in his statement on Thursday the broadcaster informed that he made & laquo; reluctant decision & raquo; Close the office in Azerbaijan after receiving an oral instruction from the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
< P Data-Yield-Master-Placement-Inserted = "" > & laquo; we deeply regret this restrictive step against the freedom of the press that will prevent our ability to report in Azerbaijan for our country and beyond its borders & raquo;,, & ndash; noted in the Air Force.< p > The broadcaster added that his team of journalists in Baku suspended her activity while looking for rose & Rsquo; clarification on the obtained disposal.
~ < P > According to state media, government & nbsp; Azerbaijan & nbsp; wants to reduce the number of Air Force employees working in the country, to one.
< P > Azerbaijani Air Force News has been operating since 1994, while its coverage is on average one million people weekly, according to the statement.