Baku Suggests Launching Nation-Wide Information Campaign

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Baku Suggests Launching Nation-Wide Information Campaign

15.04.2006 20:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia takes place
not only at the contact line of fire, but also in the information
space. From time to time and sometimes regularly both countries commit
diversion and implement campaigns to provoke the adversary and convey
their truth on the developments to the international community. There
is a huge number of examples of Azerbaijan’s defeat in information war
against Armenia, writes the Zerkalo, a Baku-based newspaper.

Another matter is who is guilty of it, the newspaper asks.
«Undoubtedly, the state structures of Azerbaijan are guilty first of
all, e.g. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Committee on
Affairs of Azerbaijanis Abroad. The Ministry and the Committee should
think over campaigns and work out their implementation.

«What do our Embassies do to disseminate the truth on the
Armenian-Azeri relations throughout the world? Judging from the
scarce information, received by Azerbaijan, our Embassies «do not
suffer» special activity. The same is true of the Diaspora,» the
Zerkalo writes.

The article authors see a solution as follows, «All state structures,
NGOs, political parties, citizens and all others, who care for the
image of our country, should start a nation-wide campaign
conditionally called Azerbaijan Starts Winning.» As initial actions
the newspaper recommends providing all international structures with
lists of cultural and historic values, which remained in the
«occupied» territories and attain monitoring of their state. At that
the newspaper underscores it is not «infected» with the idea that all
agitation of history and culture of Azerbaijan should be of
anti-Armenian nature.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS