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BAKU PURSUES "CULTURAL DIPLOMACY" IN FRANCE
21:24, 21 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: Baku has replaced it's "caviar
diplomacy", implemented in European structures, with "cultural
diplomacy". The 11th-12th century church of Saint Paterne in the
sleepy hamlet of Bellou-sur-Huisne in France's western region of
Normandy seems like a typical medieval-era edifice in this heavily
forested, agricultural area. But there is something special about
it: Heydar Aliyev Fund has allocated a vast sum of money for its
restoration. As reports Armenpress, freelance journalist covering the
Caucasus and Central Asia Regis Gente noted in his article published
in eurasianet.org web site.
Azerbaijan's arts and culture campaign dates back to 2007, when the
Heydar Aliyev Fund, which is run by First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva,
granted an undisclosed sum to the Palace of Versailles for the
restoration of "works of art." Two years later, the Fund made a
40,000-euro ($53,776) gift for the restoration of three stained glass
windows in the northeastern city of Strasbourg's Cathedrale de Notre
Dame, a gem of Gothic architecture. Subsequently, there has been a
1-million-euro (over $1.34 million) gift to the Louvre, and a lavish
traveling cultural exhibition, among the initiatives that have been
made public.
"All this things are done by Aliyev's family in order to keep
international and local human rights activists silent and to create
the rating of "stable democracy in Islamic extremism chaos". Nowadays,
world's outstanding press writes about international initiations of
Tale Heydarov, son of the powerful Azerbaijani Minister of Emergency
Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and son of Transport Minister. While
the source of money and "backgrounds" of entrepreneurs is not being
mentioned," writes the author of article.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
21:24, 21 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, ARMENPRESS: Baku has replaced it's "caviar
diplomacy", implemented in European structures, with "cultural
diplomacy". The 11th-12th century church of Saint Paterne in the
sleepy hamlet of Bellou-sur-Huisne in France's western region of
Normandy seems like a typical medieval-era edifice in this heavily
forested, agricultural area. But there is something special about
it: Heydar Aliyev Fund has allocated a vast sum of money for its
restoration. As reports Armenpress, freelance journalist covering the
Caucasus and Central Asia Regis Gente noted in his article published
in eurasianet.org web site.
Azerbaijan's arts and culture campaign dates back to 2007, when the
Heydar Aliyev Fund, which is run by First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva,
granted an undisclosed sum to the Palace of Versailles for the
restoration of "works of art." Two years later, the Fund made a
40,000-euro ($53,776) gift for the restoration of three stained glass
windows in the northeastern city of Strasbourg's Cathedrale de Notre
Dame, a gem of Gothic architecture. Subsequently, there has been a
1-million-euro (over $1.34 million) gift to the Louvre, and a lavish
traveling cultural exhibition, among the initiatives that have been
made public.
"All this things are done by Aliyev's family in order to keep
international and local human rights activists silent and to create
the rating of "stable democracy in Islamic extremism chaos". Nowadays,
world's outstanding press writes about international initiations of
Tale Heydarov, son of the powerful Azerbaijani Minister of Emergency
Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and son of Transport Minister. While
the source of money and "backgrounds" of entrepreneurs is not being
mentioned," writes the author of article.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress