EUROVISION ORGANIZERS: “THE FALSE INFORMATION ON ARMENIAN PARTICIPANT IN THE WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED”
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
March 13 2006
Showing of the place of birth of the Armenian participant as “Nagorno
Garabagh Republic” in the official website of the Eurovision song
contest does not aim any political content, the organizers of the
song contest told (APA).
The organizers said that the organizational committee of the contest
has already received the protest letter sent by Azerbaijan’s Culture
and Tourism Ministry and, they will correct the false information soon.
Azerbaijan’s Culture and Tourism Ministry sent a letter to the
organizers of the song contest protesting to the information on the
official website of the Eurovision song contest that the Armenian
participant Andre was born in the “Nagorno Garabagh Republic”.
The Ministry stated that this fact might be assessed as disrespect
to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and provocation as well as the
contest organizers’ support for Armenia’s aggressive policy against
Azerbaijan.
“We hope the organizers of the Eurovision song contest, which serves
cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue, will remove this
misunderstanding soon, and respect Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity
recognized by world states,” the Ministry wrote in the letter.