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AZERBAIJAN CHANGES TACTICS OF ANTI-ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA - EXPERT
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Aug 19 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan has some changes in its strategy and tactics
of the anti-Armenian propaganda, said Armenian military expert David
Jamalyan to a press conference on Friday.
The expert reminded that Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
suggested that Karabakh Armenians should themselves vote for or
against being a part of Azerbaijan.
"Now attempts are made to implement this idea in practice, which
brings up an interesting situation - anti-Armenian propaganda and
hatred are not reduced but they simultaneously introduce an image of a
"good Armenian" speaking of peoples' friendship," said Jamalyan.
As an example of such "good Armenians" the expert mentioned the
Chairman Caucasus Center for Peacemaking Initiatives Georgi Vanyan.
Jamalyan particularly highlighted Vanyan's initiative to hold a
festival of Azerbaijani movies in Yerevan, which did not cause much
excitement in Armenia and in Azerbaijan as well.
According to the expert, such actions do not improve relations between
the two nations, furthermore, they obviously have the opposite effect.
Jamalyan believes that creation of the new image of Armenians will
activate international structures.
"This can be expressed in the form of various grant programs with
political overtones. These programs will not take normalization of
relations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis as a primary goal, they
will rather try to introduce pro-Azerbaijani approaches to the youth,"
concluded Jamalyan.
news.am
Aug 19 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan has some changes in its strategy and tactics
of the anti-Armenian propaganda, said Armenian military expert David
Jamalyan to a press conference on Friday.
The expert reminded that Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
suggested that Karabakh Armenians should themselves vote for or
against being a part of Azerbaijan.
"Now attempts are made to implement this idea in practice, which
brings up an interesting situation - anti-Armenian propaganda and
hatred are not reduced but they simultaneously introduce an image of a
"good Armenian" speaking of peoples' friendship," said Jamalyan.
As an example of such "good Armenians" the expert mentioned the
Chairman Caucasus Center for Peacemaking Initiatives Georgi Vanyan.
Jamalyan particularly highlighted Vanyan's initiative to hold a
festival of Azerbaijani movies in Yerevan, which did not cause much
excitement in Armenia and in Azerbaijan as well.
According to the expert, such actions do not improve relations between
the two nations, furthermore, they obviously have the opposite effect.
Jamalyan believes that creation of the new image of Armenians will
activate international structures.
"This can be expressed in the form of various grant programs with
political overtones. These programs will not take normalization of
relations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis as a primary goal, they
will rather try to introduce pro-Azerbaijani approaches to the youth,"
concluded Jamalyan.