YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS DEMAND TO CANCEL PHILIP KIRKOROV’S CONCERTS IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the ARF “Nikol
Aghbalian” student organization, ARF Armenian Youth Union and Armenian
youth unions, on March 24, nearly 30 youth and student organizations
sent a letter-complaint to the organizers of Philip Kirkorov’s concerts
in Armenia demanding to cancel them. The demand is motivated by the
following facts: Kirkorov has an obvious anti-Armenian, moreover,
pro-Turkish position and he publicly insulted and cursed an Armenian
journalist disdainfully stressing her origin. According to the
report of the youth unions, the initiators of the complaint consider
that the invitation of the singer “propagandizing Turkish music”
to Armenia is immoral, especially on the eve of the 90th anniversary
of Armenian Genocide, therefore, this is an inadmissible step. “The
national and human dignities are to stand higher than the material
profit expected from the concert,” the statement read. The youth and
student organizations declare that unless the concerts are cancelled
they reserve for themselves the right to take practical steps aimed
at failing the concerts.