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AZERBAIJAN VOWS TO TAKE ON ARMENIAN "CUISINE PLAGIARISM"
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66412
January 16, 2013 - 3:57pm, by Yigal Schleifer Kebabistan Eating in
Azerbaijan Food and Conflict Food and politics
Azerbaijan may be surrounded by simmering geopolitical crises, but
the country's Ministry of National Security knows what the real
challenge facing the country is: Armenian "plagiarism" of Azeri
national cuisine. The ministry, which is responsible for Azerbaijan's
intelligence and counter-intelligence efforts, recently unveiled
"Three Points," a documentary it was involved in making which, as
one Azeri website described it, is "about the Armenian plagiarism
of the Azerbaijani national cuisine and historical realities." The
Trend.Az website reports on the film's recent Baku premiere, held at
the ministry's "Cultural Center":
In his speech, Chief of the National Security Ministry's office, Major
General Farhad Vakhabov stressed that Armenians not only occupied
Azerbaijani lands, destroyed cultural and historical monuments in the
occupied territories, but also change the place names, misappropriate
Azerbaijani national values - folklore, gastronomy, music, presenting
it as their own to the world public.
"The National Security Ministry, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
the Copyright Agency and other relevant bodies are fighting this
phenomenon hard," he said.
Farhad Vakhabov said that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva have a
special role in promoting and developing the national values.
Head of "Azad Azerbaycan" TV and Radio Company Vugar Garadaghli said
that the project aims to inform the world community about the true
essence of the Armenian plagiarism regarding Azerbaijani national
cuisine and historical realities.
The Ministry of National Security's involvement in protecting
Azerbaijan's cuisine from Armenian "theft" is perhaps not so
surprising. As described in a previous post, Azerbaijan has already
established a governmental organization called the National Cuisine
Center, a kind of culinary watchdog whose main mission it appears
is to be on the lookout for Armenian efforts to claim Azeri dishes
as their own. It's an effort that Azeri officials apparently believe
deserves even more resources devoted to it.
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66412
January 16, 2013 - 3:57pm, by Yigal Schleifer Kebabistan Eating in
Azerbaijan Food and Conflict Food and politics
Azerbaijan may be surrounded by simmering geopolitical crises, but
the country's Ministry of National Security knows what the real
challenge facing the country is: Armenian "plagiarism" of Azeri
national cuisine. The ministry, which is responsible for Azerbaijan's
intelligence and counter-intelligence efforts, recently unveiled
"Three Points," a documentary it was involved in making which, as
one Azeri website described it, is "about the Armenian plagiarism
of the Azerbaijani national cuisine and historical realities." The
Trend.Az website reports on the film's recent Baku premiere, held at
the ministry's "Cultural Center":
In his speech, Chief of the National Security Ministry's office, Major
General Farhad Vakhabov stressed that Armenians not only occupied
Azerbaijani lands, destroyed cultural and historical monuments in the
occupied territories, but also change the place names, misappropriate
Azerbaijani national values - folklore, gastronomy, music, presenting
it as their own to the world public.
"The National Security Ministry, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
the Copyright Agency and other relevant bodies are fighting this
phenomenon hard," he said.
Farhad Vakhabov said that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva have a
special role in promoting and developing the national values.
Head of "Azad Azerbaycan" TV and Radio Company Vugar Garadaghli said
that the project aims to inform the world community about the true
essence of the Armenian plagiarism regarding Azerbaijani national
cuisine and historical realities.
The Ministry of National Security's involvement in protecting
Azerbaijan's cuisine from Armenian "theft" is perhaps not so
surprising. As described in a previous post, Azerbaijan has already
established a governmental organization called the National Cuisine
Center, a kind of culinary watchdog whose main mission it appears
is to be on the lookout for Armenian efforts to claim Azeri dishes
as their own. It's an effort that Azeri officials apparently believe
deserves even more resources devoted to it.