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INTERPRETATION OF A HAND-SHAKING
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
April 19 2013
Turkish singer of Armenian origin Hayko, who has been given the
Life Achievement Honour Award by a Turkish website, having shaken
hands at the awards ceremony with Azerbaijani MP Ganire PaĆ~_ayeva,
granted the International Friendship and Achievement Award by the
same website, has made repercussions in Azerbaican, causing some
circles to criticise her.
Ganire PaĆ~_ayeva who assessed the hand-shaking to journalists
said what took place was blown out of proportion and interpreted
differently, stressing that the Turkish nation does not reject the
hand extended to it.
She said that she had made it clear in the speech she delivered at the
awards ceremony that shaking hands with an Armenian singer cannot mean
anything other than what it is, that extending a hand is not enough
for peace, that the Armenian army must pull out of the Azerbaijani
territories it occupied for peace to be attained and more than one
million displaced Azerbaijanis must return to their homes.
PaĆ~_ayeva also said Hayko expressed his sorrow over what happened
to Azerbaican.
From: A. Papazian
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
April 19 2013
Turkish singer of Armenian origin Hayko, who has been given the
Life Achievement Honour Award by a Turkish website, having shaken
hands at the awards ceremony with Azerbaijani MP Ganire PaĆ~_ayeva,
granted the International Friendship and Achievement Award by the
same website, has made repercussions in Azerbaican, causing some
circles to criticise her.
Ganire PaĆ~_ayeva who assessed the hand-shaking to journalists
said what took place was blown out of proportion and interpreted
differently, stressing that the Turkish nation does not reject the
hand extended to it.
She said that she had made it clear in the speech she delivered at the
awards ceremony that shaking hands with an Armenian singer cannot mean
anything other than what it is, that extending a hand is not enough
for peace, that the Armenian army must pull out of the Azerbaijani
territories it occupied for peace to be attained and more than one
million displaced Azerbaijanis must return to their homes.
PaĆ~_ayeva also said Hayko expressed his sorrow over what happened
to Azerbaican.
From: A. Papazian