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MAYOR VERONIKA KELLEROVA: LIDICE, KHOJALY NOT SISTER CITIES, NO STREET NAMED KHOJALY IN LIDICE
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2012/03/02/xocali-lidice-kellerova/
02/03/2012
Mayor of Czech town Lidice Veronika Kellerova refuted the Azerbaijani
media reports on declaring Lidice and Khojaly sister cities as well
as naming a street in Lidice after Khojaly in 2010 on the initiative
of the Azerbaijani community in Czech Republic. The Azerbaijani
media cited the Azer-Czech Society and the Azerbaijani Embassy in
Czech Republic.
In this connection, the Orer Czech magazine sent an inquiry to the
Mayor's Office of Lidice. Mayor Veronika Kellerova refuted Azerbaijani
media reports and announced officially that Lidice and Khojaly are
not sister cities and no street in Lidice has been named after Khojaly.
We will remind that in 2010 the Armenian side expressed protest
over inadmissibility of holding Azerbaijani propaganda events in
Lidice. As a result of the intervention of the Armenian Embassy
and representatives of the Armenian community of Czech Republic,
Czech Minister of Culture Vaclav Riedlbauch refused to participate in
the Azerbaijani event, which was frustrated, and director of Lidice
Memorial Complex Milos Chervenchl stated that "it doesn't become Lidice
Memorial Complex to solve political issues." The Azerbaijani side
was banned from using Lidice Memorial for anti-Armenian propaganda.
However, this did not restrain the Azerbaijanis, and they kept on
exploiting the topic painful for Czechs, this time in Prague streets,
which also aroused the indignation of the Czech society. The "tragedy
fair" in Prague featured posters inscribed "Lidice 1942. Khojaly
1992."[http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2012/02/25/action]
Below we present an eloquent interview with famous Czech TV journalist
and public figure, former representative of organization Man in
Trouble Jaromir Stetina [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COr6pqTnk2k],
currently a Senator, who visited Karabakh many times during the war.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2012/03/02/xocali-lidice-kellerova/
02/03/2012
Mayor of Czech town Lidice Veronika Kellerova refuted the Azerbaijani
media reports on declaring Lidice and Khojaly sister cities as well
as naming a street in Lidice after Khojaly in 2010 on the initiative
of the Azerbaijani community in Czech Republic. The Azerbaijani
media cited the Azer-Czech Society and the Azerbaijani Embassy in
Czech Republic.
In this connection, the Orer Czech magazine sent an inquiry to the
Mayor's Office of Lidice. Mayor Veronika Kellerova refuted Azerbaijani
media reports and announced officially that Lidice and Khojaly are
not sister cities and no street in Lidice has been named after Khojaly.
We will remind that in 2010 the Armenian side expressed protest
over inadmissibility of holding Azerbaijani propaganda events in
Lidice. As a result of the intervention of the Armenian Embassy
and representatives of the Armenian community of Czech Republic,
Czech Minister of Culture Vaclav Riedlbauch refused to participate in
the Azerbaijani event, which was frustrated, and director of Lidice
Memorial Complex Milos Chervenchl stated that "it doesn't become Lidice
Memorial Complex to solve political issues." The Azerbaijani side
was banned from using Lidice Memorial for anti-Armenian propaganda.
However, this did not restrain the Azerbaijanis, and they kept on
exploiting the topic painful for Czechs, this time in Prague streets,
which also aroused the indignation of the Czech society. The "tragedy
fair" in Prague featured posters inscribed "Lidice 1942. Khojaly
1992."[http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2012/02/25/action]
Below we present an eloquent interview with famous Czech TV journalist
and public figure, former representative of organization Man in
Trouble Jaromir Stetina [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COr6pqTnk2k],
currently a Senator, who visited Karabakh many times during the war.
From: Baghdasarian