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WIFE'S ARMENIAN ROOTS MAY COST AZERBAIJANI COMPOSER HIS CAREER
July 10, 2014 | 15:37
The Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism has "clarified" the
situation in which Azerbaijani composer Rauf Aliyev--who is one of
the composers of the national anthem of Azerbaijan--has found himself.
Aliyev is being pressured because his wife is an ethnic Armenian
and his daughter is Roya Mirzoyeva, who had sought political asylum
in Armenia.
The Ministry Press Service Head Zohre Aliyeva informed that the
discussion of this matter is a normal process, and added that when
receiving the composition on the Azerbaijani national anthem, they
knew nothing about Aliyev's family.
In January, Rauf Aliyev's daughter--Azerbaijani citizen--Roya
Mirzoyeva, together with his husband Javid Orujev and three children,
had sought political asylum in Armenia. In this connection, Rauf
Aliyev had stated in a press conference that he disowns his daughter.
http://news.am/eng/news/218521.html
July 10, 2014 | 15:37
The Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism has "clarified" the
situation in which Azerbaijani composer Rauf Aliyev--who is one of
the composers of the national anthem of Azerbaijan--has found himself.
Aliyev is being pressured because his wife is an ethnic Armenian
and his daughter is Roya Mirzoyeva, who had sought political asylum
in Armenia.
The Ministry Press Service Head Zohre Aliyeva informed that the
discussion of this matter is a normal process, and added that when
receiving the composition on the Azerbaijani national anthem, they
knew nothing about Aliyev's family.
In January, Rauf Aliyev's daughter--Azerbaijani citizen--Roya
Mirzoyeva, together with his husband Javid Orujev and three children,
had sought political asylum in Armenia. In this connection, Rauf
Aliyev had stated in a press conference that he disowns his daughter.
http://news.am/eng/news/218521.html