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Azerbaijani delegate was deprived of the seat for organizing the Batumi scandal
November 22 2014
"It is important that at least in this situation, the Azerbaijani
delegation acts with specific denial that they do not share the
approaches and estimates of this newspaper, and do not agree that the
information published in the newspaper meet the reality", such opinion
was expressed by Armenia's National Coordinator Boris Navasardyan, in
the conversation with Aravot.am, referring to the sixth annual session
of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum held in Batumi (the
Armenian delegation has already elected a new coordinator, Michael
Hovhannisyan, which will soon be announced during the conference).
Note that during the conference, one of the Azerbaijani delegation
members, Selim Babayev, created a scandal, after which the Azerbaijani
press reported that it contained a disinformation. Today, the Steering
Committee of the Forum acted on this matter. According to the
announcement, Selim Babayev, is dismissed from the working group and
deprived of his mandate, in other words, he can no longer participate
in decision-making process, nor be invited to any work of the Forum
during this year. Mr. Navasardyan informed that there has been no
denial by Azerbaijani delegation until now, and "we can interpret this
as an identical approach from the perspective of the delegation and
the author of the article." Boris Navasardyan deemed the statement by
the governing body appropriate and said, "The Steering Committee
should be able to protect the reputation of the Forum, as this
announcement contained disinformation about the Forum, as well as,
allegedly, Georgian President has not attended the Forum because of
this exhibition and that the exhibition was not agreed upon in
advance." In this respect, Mr. Navasardyan presented some
clarifications. "It was well predicted, initially it was a part of the
agenda of the Forum. The exhibition is organized by the Czech "People
in need" organization, and the information that allegedly this
organization is pro-Armenia had no grounds by the author of the
article to include in the material, nor even in the statement of the
Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Czech Republic. This organization
probably works the least in Armenia." Boris Navasardyan also
highlighted the fact that the media disseminating such misinformation
was invited to cover especially the Forum and the recommendation for
the media was made by the Azerbaijani National Coordinator. Hence,
according to Navasardyan, "So, anything that is written in the
newspaper, to some extent, the guarantor is also responsible for it.
In this regard, some of the opinions that the publication of the
newspaper has nothing to do with approaches of the Azerbaijani
delegation are not convincing." Among the many unsubstantiated
accusations and distortion of facts, the aforementioned Azerbaijani
news publication presents also allegedly Boris Navasardyan is standing
behind all of this. Boris Navasardyan considered this a traditional
style of Azerbaijan and said, "If a criticism from anywhere is voiced
against Azerbaijan, and it sounds from different international
instances, and since the Azerbaijani side does not admit this
criticism and make fairly aggressive statements, they should find some
explanation as to why. The easiest and short explanation, which they
do not believe either is that all of that was organized by Armenians.
The exhibition is taking place within the Forum and the national
coordinator was Boris Navasardyan, so all of that was organized by
him. If the CE is criticizing, then it is Armenians, if the OSCE is
criticizing, then Armenians are lobbying, if the US government, then
Armenians are behind it. Unfortunately, it has extended to the Forum,
too." Boris Navasardyan pointed out one more important circumstance.
The article, in addition to the rest of the lies, says that the
Azerbaijani delegation has boycotted the Forum. In that case, it had
no right to participate in all procedures planned by the Forum: to
vote for the members of Steering Committee. But since they have voted,
they should announce that the information in the article is
misinformation, otherwise, in the meantime, when there was a procedure
to vote, they cast doubt on it, and put the legitimacy of all
procedures into question. The Azerbaijani side should declare firmly
and publicly that they had not boycotted."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/11/22/167891/
From: A. Papazian
November 22 2014
"It is important that at least in this situation, the Azerbaijani
delegation acts with specific denial that they do not share the
approaches and estimates of this newspaper, and do not agree that the
information published in the newspaper meet the reality", such opinion
was expressed by Armenia's National Coordinator Boris Navasardyan, in
the conversation with Aravot.am, referring to the sixth annual session
of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum held in Batumi (the
Armenian delegation has already elected a new coordinator, Michael
Hovhannisyan, which will soon be announced during the conference).
Note that during the conference, one of the Azerbaijani delegation
members, Selim Babayev, created a scandal, after which the Azerbaijani
press reported that it contained a disinformation. Today, the Steering
Committee of the Forum acted on this matter. According to the
announcement, Selim Babayev, is dismissed from the working group and
deprived of his mandate, in other words, he can no longer participate
in decision-making process, nor be invited to any work of the Forum
during this year. Mr. Navasardyan informed that there has been no
denial by Azerbaijani delegation until now, and "we can interpret this
as an identical approach from the perspective of the delegation and
the author of the article." Boris Navasardyan deemed the statement by
the governing body appropriate and said, "The Steering Committee
should be able to protect the reputation of the Forum, as this
announcement contained disinformation about the Forum, as well as,
allegedly, Georgian President has not attended the Forum because of
this exhibition and that the exhibition was not agreed upon in
advance." In this respect, Mr. Navasardyan presented some
clarifications. "It was well predicted, initially it was a part of the
agenda of the Forum. The exhibition is organized by the Czech "People
in need" organization, and the information that allegedly this
organization is pro-Armenia had no grounds by the author of the
article to include in the material, nor even in the statement of the
Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Czech Republic. This organization
probably works the least in Armenia." Boris Navasardyan also
highlighted the fact that the media disseminating such misinformation
was invited to cover especially the Forum and the recommendation for
the media was made by the Azerbaijani National Coordinator. Hence,
according to Navasardyan, "So, anything that is written in the
newspaper, to some extent, the guarantor is also responsible for it.
In this regard, some of the opinions that the publication of the
newspaper has nothing to do with approaches of the Azerbaijani
delegation are not convincing." Among the many unsubstantiated
accusations and distortion of facts, the aforementioned Azerbaijani
news publication presents also allegedly Boris Navasardyan is standing
behind all of this. Boris Navasardyan considered this a traditional
style of Azerbaijan and said, "If a criticism from anywhere is voiced
against Azerbaijan, and it sounds from different international
instances, and since the Azerbaijani side does not admit this
criticism and make fairly aggressive statements, they should find some
explanation as to why. The easiest and short explanation, which they
do not believe either is that all of that was organized by Armenians.
The exhibition is taking place within the Forum and the national
coordinator was Boris Navasardyan, so all of that was organized by
him. If the CE is criticizing, then it is Armenians, if the OSCE is
criticizing, then Armenians are lobbying, if the US government, then
Armenians are behind it. Unfortunately, it has extended to the Forum,
too." Boris Navasardyan pointed out one more important circumstance.
The article, in addition to the rest of the lies, says that the
Azerbaijani delegation has boycotted the Forum. In that case, it had
no right to participate in all procedures planned by the Forum: to
vote for the members of Steering Committee. But since they have voted,
they should announce that the information in the article is
misinformation, otherwise, in the meantime, when there was a procedure
to vote, they cast doubt on it, and put the legitimacy of all
procedures into question. The Azerbaijani side should declare firmly
and publicly that they had not boycotted."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/11/22/167891/
From: A. Papazian