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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
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