PanArmenian News
Dec 13 2004

ARMENIAN STUDENTS, WHO GAVE INTERVIEW TO NEW YORK TIMES, SAY THEIR
WORDS WERE DISTORTED

13.12.2004 18:18

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The most interesting thing is that the topics we
have focused our discussions at were not covered in the article at
all”, student Zara Amatuni, who is mentioned in reporter Susan
Sachs’s article called “For Young Armenians, Promised Land without
Promise” and published in New York Times on December 9, says. The
reporter “has omitted all the good that was said and left only what
was interesting to her. I said, I will do my best to stay here
because it is my country however hard it would be to live in it;
moreover a lot of improvements had already taken place. But she did
not publish it stressing the words that were said incidentally. At
that she agreed with me on everything, what, I think, is the worst of
all”, Zara Amatuni continues debating on the article on
forum. “Mister Aghababov is mentioned in the article as a 21-year-old
programmer, who earns all in all $650 (in the US he would receive
several times more), who has Russian citizenship, relatives with
private flat in Moscow, Sisko certificates and some offers to work in
a Moscow IT company, decided to live in Armenia”, says another
participant of the debate. “It is a provocation”, says Aghababov,
“Why did not she write that we all think that Armenia is
developing?”. By the way, we did not hold discussions in English
chats, we just participated in forum, which was in the Russian
language”, he continues. The interviewees also state that they did
not know that their photos and names would be published. They
consider that their rights were violated and are going to address a
letter to New York Times editorial office.