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ARMENIAN SINGERS CALL TO BOYCOTT EUROVISION IN BAKU
Russia Today
http://rt.com/news/prime-time/armenia-singers-boycott-eurovision-153/
Feb 24 2012
Over 20 Armenian singers are asking the country's public television
to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest due to take place in the
Azerbaijani capital Baku later this year.
The statement comes shortly after a 20-year-old Armenian soldier
was shot dead by an Azerbaijani sniper on the border between the
two countries.
The performers say that anti-Armenian sentiment persists in Azerbaijan
due to the long-lasting Karabakh conflict. As a result they state
that they would agree to take part only if the contest is held in
another country.
The head of Armenia's delegation to Eurovision has also claimed her
country had not received any safety guarantees for its members.
Azerbaijan won the right to hold the event after its duo Ell & Nikki
won the contest in 2011.
Russia Today
http://rt.com/news/prime-time/armenia-singers-boycott-eurovision-153/
Feb 24 2012
Over 20 Armenian singers are asking the country's public television
to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest due to take place in the
Azerbaijani capital Baku later this year.
The statement comes shortly after a 20-year-old Armenian soldier
was shot dead by an Azerbaijani sniper on the border between the
two countries.
The performers say that anti-Armenian sentiment persists in Azerbaijan
due to the long-lasting Karabakh conflict. As a result they state
that they would agree to take part only if the contest is held in
another country.
The head of Armenia's delegation to Eurovision has also claimed her
country had not received any safety guarantees for its members.
Azerbaijan won the right to hold the event after its duo Ell & Nikki
won the contest in 2011.