When visiting Karabakh I always inform courteously my acquaintances in the Azeri MFA of the trip. But I insist on the right of a reporter to make free trips and no power can prohibit me from doing it," British journalist Thomas de Waal said. In his words, Azeri people are very little informed of today's life in Karabakh. "If Azeri reporters could freely go to Karabakh it would be very useful," he said.

At the same time he underscored he hasn't heard that he is a "harmful" individual for Azerbaijan and Armenia. "I think there are people who have not read "The Black Garden" and such people like demonstrating discontent. Fortunately, they form a minority. I have many friends in Armenia and Azerbaijan," he remarked, reported Echo Baku-based newspaper.