Over Half of Armenians Hate Azerbaijan, Poll Says

Baku Today
June 3 2005

54.9% of Armenians hate Azerbaijan, says a recent public opinion
poll conducted within the “Armenia and Azerbaijan as the crossroads
of neither war nor peace: overcoming stereotypes” project, Armenian
media reported. Next to hatred, 51.6% of respondents cited contempt,
48.3% anger, 33.6% indifference and 14% pity. Only 7.5% of respondents
said they fear Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan.

The participants of the poll, conducted among 1,000 Armenian residents
in October-December 2004, mostly cited negative personality traits
inherent to Azerbaijanis, calling them ‘cunning, insidious, vile,
hypocritical, aggressive, impudent, warlike, nationalistic and
lazy’. 40.8% of respondents said ‘there are no forces’ in Armenia
that have a positive attitude toward Azerbaijan.

The mentioned project was implemented by the Armenian “Region” research
center of investigative journalists and the Azerbaijan Institute for
Peace and Democracy, with the support of the European Commission.

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