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    Armenian conference discusses rights of Azerbaijan's Talis minority

    Arminfo
    23 May 05

    YEREVAN

    The first international Talis [ethnic minority living in Azerbaijan's
    southern districts] conference on Talis studies held in the resort
    town of Tsakhkadzor has decided to found the International Talis
    Association. Orientalists from different countries of the region will
    join the association.

    A coordination council of the association has also been founded at the
    initiative of the Yerevan-based Caucasus centre of Iranian studies,
    the organizers of the conference have told Arminfo. The coordination
    council will organize workshops and publish reference books.

    "We hope that the association will help the Talis people preserve
    their national identity, language and culture," a statement adopted by
    the workshop reads.

    A suggestion by the Azerbaijani Talises to urge the UN and the OSCE
    "to help put an end to the violation of the basic rights of the
    Talises in Azerbaijan" was not adopted as the representatives of
    Iran's and Georgia's Talis communities rejected it.
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