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    EBU INVESTIGATES FACTS OF INTERROGATION OF AZERBAIJANIS VOTED FOR ARMENIA IN EUROVISION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    19.08.2009 21:32 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Last week the Azeri press disseminated information
    that the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan interrogated
    43 citizens voted in favor of the Armenian singers Inga and Anush
    Arshakyan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. In this regard, the
    European Broadcasting Union EBU started their own investigation of
    these cases.

    As Diana Mnatsakanyan , adviser to Executive Director of Armenia's
    Public TV told a PanARMEINIAN.Net reporter, in order to know the
    phone numbers of voters, there must be an official document issued
    with the permission of EMU and the Digame company, responsible for
    counting the votes. Permission to declassify the numbers of citizens
    participated in voting may be given in case of criminal proceedings
    against these people.

    "Action of the Azerbaijani Government are ridiculous. 1065 mobile
    text messages from Armenia were sent in favor of Azeri singer's song
    and no one went as far as to call KGB," Diana Mnatsakanyan said.

    Diana Mantsakanyan yesterday sent a letter to European Broadcasting
    Union with a request to inform whether the Azeri side has provided
    any official document to request declassification of phone numbers
    of Azerbaijani citizens, voted in favor of Armenia.

    In her letter, Diana Mnatsakanian also asked the EMU representatives,
    to say whether this situation means that Armenia will never get votes
    from Azerbaijan due to intervention of Azerbaijani state agencies in
    the song contest and whether the voting has turned to be unfair?

    The adviser to the executive Director of the Armenia's Public TV
    received a reply from European Broadcasting Union, saying that
    the executive head of the Eurovision contest Svantes Stokcelius is
    engaged in investigating the incident, and they cannot comment until
    its completion.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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