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Expert: For Georgy Vanyan festival of Azeri films was just one more
chance to earn money
arminfo
Saturday, April 14, 13:13
The residents of Gyumri have wrecked the festival of Azeri films
organized by Georgy Vanyan, Director of the Caucasus Center for
Peacemaking Initiative.
Expert of the Blogger Information Security Center Tigran Kocharyan
told journalists on Friday that Vanyan was literally turned out of the
city.
"They did exactly what each person respecting his nation would do.
Vanyan's initiative was immoral. It beats me how an Armenian could
organize such a festival on the days when we were commemorating the
20th year of the Armenian massacres in Maraga. I think his only motive
was to earn money," Kocharyan said.
Kocharyan's colleague Vahram Mirakyan said that there was no need for
propagating such "tolerance." "We are always kind to the Azeris
visiting our country, unlike the people in Azerbaijan. So, this
propaganda should be addressed to the Azeris rather than the
Armenians," Mirakyan said.
He said that the idea of Vanyan's "Armenian-Azeri Cultural Dialogue"
program was good, but such a dialogue implies steps from both sides,
while Vanyan insists on unilateral steps by the Armenians. The
festival was supposed to take place in the Gyumri Club of Journalists
on Friday. Vanyan was planning to show four short Azeri films in
Armenian translation.
chance to earn money
arminfo
Saturday, April 14, 13:13
The residents of Gyumri have wrecked the festival of Azeri films
organized by Georgy Vanyan, Director of the Caucasus Center for
Peacemaking Initiative.
Expert of the Blogger Information Security Center Tigran Kocharyan
told journalists on Friday that Vanyan was literally turned out of the
city.
"They did exactly what each person respecting his nation would do.
Vanyan's initiative was immoral. It beats me how an Armenian could
organize such a festival on the days when we were commemorating the
20th year of the Armenian massacres in Maraga. I think his only motive
was to earn money," Kocharyan said.
Kocharyan's colleague Vahram Mirakyan said that there was no need for
propagating such "tolerance." "We are always kind to the Azeris
visiting our country, unlike the people in Azerbaijan. So, this
propaganda should be addressed to the Azeris rather than the
Armenians," Mirakyan said.
He said that the idea of Vanyan's "Armenian-Azeri Cultural Dialogue"
program was good, but such a dialogue implies steps from both sides,
while Vanyan insists on unilateral steps by the Armenians. The
festival was supposed to take place in the Gyumri Club of Journalists
on Friday. Vanyan was planning to show four short Azeri films in
Armenian translation.