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RESIDENTS OF VOLGOGRAD: "WHO IS HEYDAR ALIYEV FOR RUSSIA TO ERECT HIM MONUMENT IN CENTER OF VOLGOGRAD?"
18:06 10/07/2013 " SOCIETY
"Baku Park" is planned to be installed in Volgograd, at the expenses
of Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The main attraction of the park will be
the monument dedicated to the former President of Azerbaijan, and the
father of the current president of the republic, Heydar Aliyev. The
inhabitants of the city didn't approve of the initiative, reports
the Volgograd based V1.ru site.
As the portal notes, most observers are inclined to the opinion that
the place for founding "some particles of Baku" in Volgograd is chosen
so poorly.
Thus on 5 June, in the Culture and Rest Central Park of Volgograd
solemn ceremony was held which announced the beginning of the
construction of the park. At the foundation of the future park an
agreement capsule was laid which was signed between the Government
of Volgograd region and Heydar Aliyev Foundation. According to the
agreement the fund will improve the park by its own means. As the
director of Central Park Andrey Zharkov stated, the presentation of
the project is scheduled for September 2013.
"The news that appears in Central Park of Volgograd there will be
another park called "Baku Park" was perceived very ambiguous by the
citizens of Volgograd. For example, the architect Andrey Chuykov
believes that the emergence of such a facility in the center
of Volgograd would not only create political discord and urban
development, but would also make the social tension in the region
growth," reads the site.
The architect believes that this is very ill-conceived and
short-sighted move. "Central Park of Volgograd is not the place that
can be reshaped into Baku branch without asking the opinion of the
inhabitants of Volgograd. This is a big mistake," said Chuikov.
A similar view shares political scientist Konstantin Glushenok.
"All that is happening today about the Central Park, bring many of
Volgograd inhabitants into indignation. I have the feeling that we
are in a theater of absurd. First of all, such decisions should be
admitted solely on interstate level. And secondly, who's Heydar Aliyev
to Russia to erect him a monument in the center of Volgograd? We have a
lot of heroes whose names are still waiting for perpetuating. We should
honor our heroes, and not to erect monuments to foreign presidents,"
said the political scientist.
Monument to Heydar Aliyev which was installed in one of the central
parks of Mexico City in August 2012 caused bewilderment among the
residents. Azerbaijan has spent about $ 5 million on the reconstruction
of two parks in Mexico City, after which it was allowed to install a
monument there. Several protests were held in the capital of Mexico
during which the participants claimed they did not want to see the
statue of a dictator, who had ruled thousands of miles away from
their country, next to the monuments of their heroes.
As a result, the special commission recommended that the authorities of
Mexico deinstalled the statue of former Azerbaijani President Heydar
Aliyev, noting that the government made a mistake by taking money
and allowing the foreign government to decide which political and
historical figures should be honored publically in the Mexican capital.
In mid-January, Foreign Ministry of Mexico has given absolute freedom
to the government of Mexico to make up a decision concerning the
controversial statue of Aliyev. In his turn, the Azerbaijani Ambassador
to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov told that the Embassy has decided to appeal
to international organizations for the solution of the problem. The
Legislative Assembly of Mexico addressed to the government of Mexico
with a call to dismantle the statue. In late January, the monument
was dismantled and taken to a warehouse.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
18:06 10/07/2013 " SOCIETY
"Baku Park" is planned to be installed in Volgograd, at the expenses
of Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The main attraction of the park will be
the monument dedicated to the former President of Azerbaijan, and the
father of the current president of the republic, Heydar Aliyev. The
inhabitants of the city didn't approve of the initiative, reports
the Volgograd based V1.ru site.
As the portal notes, most observers are inclined to the opinion that
the place for founding "some particles of Baku" in Volgograd is chosen
so poorly.
Thus on 5 June, in the Culture and Rest Central Park of Volgograd
solemn ceremony was held which announced the beginning of the
construction of the park. At the foundation of the future park an
agreement capsule was laid which was signed between the Government
of Volgograd region and Heydar Aliyev Foundation. According to the
agreement the fund will improve the park by its own means. As the
director of Central Park Andrey Zharkov stated, the presentation of
the project is scheduled for September 2013.
"The news that appears in Central Park of Volgograd there will be
another park called "Baku Park" was perceived very ambiguous by the
citizens of Volgograd. For example, the architect Andrey Chuykov
believes that the emergence of such a facility in the center
of Volgograd would not only create political discord and urban
development, but would also make the social tension in the region
growth," reads the site.
The architect believes that this is very ill-conceived and
short-sighted move. "Central Park of Volgograd is not the place that
can be reshaped into Baku branch without asking the opinion of the
inhabitants of Volgograd. This is a big mistake," said Chuikov.
A similar view shares political scientist Konstantin Glushenok.
"All that is happening today about the Central Park, bring many of
Volgograd inhabitants into indignation. I have the feeling that we
are in a theater of absurd. First of all, such decisions should be
admitted solely on interstate level. And secondly, who's Heydar Aliyev
to Russia to erect him a monument in the center of Volgograd? We have a
lot of heroes whose names are still waiting for perpetuating. We should
honor our heroes, and not to erect monuments to foreign presidents,"
said the political scientist.
Monument to Heydar Aliyev which was installed in one of the central
parks of Mexico City in August 2012 caused bewilderment among the
residents. Azerbaijan has spent about $ 5 million on the reconstruction
of two parks in Mexico City, after which it was allowed to install a
monument there. Several protests were held in the capital of Mexico
during which the participants claimed they did not want to see the
statue of a dictator, who had ruled thousands of miles away from
their country, next to the monuments of their heroes.
As a result, the special commission recommended that the authorities of
Mexico deinstalled the statue of former Azerbaijani President Heydar
Aliyev, noting that the government made a mistake by taking money
and allowing the foreign government to decide which political and
historical figures should be honored publically in the Mexican capital.
In mid-January, Foreign Ministry of Mexico has given absolute freedom
to the government of Mexico to make up a decision concerning the
controversial statue of Aliyev. In his turn, the Azerbaijani Ambassador
to Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov told that the Embassy has decided to appeal
to international organizations for the solution of the problem. The
Legislative Assembly of Mexico addressed to the government of Mexico
with a call to dismantle the statue. In late January, the monument
was dismantled and taken to a warehouse.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian