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Interfax, Russia
Sept 22 2012
Aliyev tells Azeri ambassadors to be active fighters against "Armenian lobby"
BAKU. Sept 22
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has urged diplomats to resist actively
the "Armenian lobby" worldwide.
"The Armenian lobby is our biggest enemy. The Armenian lobby, the
world Armenians, has chosen Azerbaijan to be their prime target. We
must fight them constantly," Aliyev said at the fourth meeting of
high-ranking Azeri diplomats. The Azeri official media published the
president's speech.
The president complained about "articles full of false information
aimed against Azerbaijan." "These circles want to blacken the positive
image of our country. So our ambassadors, embassy staff members should
always stay in touch with the media and explain the erroneousness of
that policy," he said.
He offered diplomats to be more active in contacts with the foreign
media and to supply fuller information about Azerbaijan, its
development, the solution of economic and social problems and the
provision of freedoms.
Aliyev said, in particular, that the Internet was a territory of
freedom in Azerbaijan.
"Far from all countries have the unrestricted Internet. Some countries
are considering Internet restrictions or censorship. We have the
unrestricted Internet. Sixty-five percent of people in Azerbaijan are
Internet users. How can we limit the media if Internet services are
unrestricted here and the number of users is growing? All of our media
outlets are free," the president stressed.
Azerbaijan "ensures full freedom of assembly," he said. "Any political
force is free to hold its events in designated places. There have been
such cases in the recent past. It is just that no one attends them."
The president also stressed that Azerbaijan provided full freedom of
conscience. "Some countries should learn from Azerbaijan. The states,
which artificially inflate Islamophobic trends, should come here and
see how inter-religious relations should develop," Aliyev said.
From: Baghdasarian
Sept 22 2012
Aliyev tells Azeri ambassadors to be active fighters against "Armenian lobby"
BAKU. Sept 22
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has urged diplomats to resist actively
the "Armenian lobby" worldwide.
"The Armenian lobby is our biggest enemy. The Armenian lobby, the
world Armenians, has chosen Azerbaijan to be their prime target. We
must fight them constantly," Aliyev said at the fourth meeting of
high-ranking Azeri diplomats. The Azeri official media published the
president's speech.
The president complained about "articles full of false information
aimed against Azerbaijan." "These circles want to blacken the positive
image of our country. So our ambassadors, embassy staff members should
always stay in touch with the media and explain the erroneousness of
that policy," he said.
He offered diplomats to be more active in contacts with the foreign
media and to supply fuller information about Azerbaijan, its
development, the solution of economic and social problems and the
provision of freedoms.
Aliyev said, in particular, that the Internet was a territory of
freedom in Azerbaijan.
"Far from all countries have the unrestricted Internet. Some countries
are considering Internet restrictions or censorship. We have the
unrestricted Internet. Sixty-five percent of people in Azerbaijan are
Internet users. How can we limit the media if Internet services are
unrestricted here and the number of users is growing? All of our media
outlets are free," the president stressed.
Azerbaijan "ensures full freedom of assembly," he said. "Any political
force is free to hold its events in designated places. There have been
such cases in the recent past. It is just that no one attends them."
The president also stressed that Azerbaijan provided full freedom of
conscience. "Some countries should learn from Azerbaijan. The states,
which artificially inflate Islamophobic trends, should come here and
see how inter-religious relations should develop," Aliyev said.
From: Baghdasarian