ZORY BALAYAN: “SUCH BOOK DOES NOT EXIST”

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
June 8 2006

During two last years the Azeri sites have been often quoting passages
from a book titled “Our Soul Revival” written by an Armenian writer
Zory Balayan, as Azeris allege. The book, allegedly, “refers to
the Hojalu events”. We publish a letter by Zory Balayan, who is in
“Kilikia” sailboat at the moment, addressed to “all mass media,
including the Azeri ones”.

“My acquaintances and unfamiliar people are repeatedly calling
“Kilikia” sailboat asking me if I have written the book titled “Our
Soul Revival” published by Vanadzor publishing house. The point
is that one and the same dirty information has been appearing in
Internet more than two years quoting, to put it mildly, nonsense
allegedly taken from my book. I do not want to lower to the level of
those who even do not realize that they first of all discredit their
own nation by insinuations of the kind.

I request that all those who ought to investigate such statements,
violations of writer’s copyrights should show the above-mentioned book
to the readers just once. If there is such a book, it is another thing.

I am quite convinced and sure that a person’s rights are not a
hollow sound, but the reality necessary in our life, so they should
be protected”.