INTERNATIONAL TALISH STUDIES ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, MAY 23. ARMINFO. The delegates of the first international
conference on Talish studies made a decision during the seminar in
Tsakhkadzor to found International Talish Studies Association, which
will be comprised of oriental scientists from different countries of
the region.

ARMINFO was informed in the organizing committee of the conference,
“We hope that the establishment of the association will help the
Talish people to keep the national identity, language and culture”,
said in the declaration adopted by the participants of the seminar.
The proposal of the Talishs from Azerbaijan to appeal to UN and OSCE
with a call “to put an end to the infringement of elementary rights
of Talishs in Azerbaijan” was not approved because of the opposition
of the representatives of the Talish communities of Iran and Georgia.