THERE IS NO "AZERI COMMUNITY" IN EASTERN EUROPE

PanARMENIAN.Net
02.10.2007 13:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "According to the Hungarian Constitution, Armenians
represent a national minority, which exercises constitutional rights
provided by the law," the RA Ambassador to Hungary, Austria, Czechia
and Slovakia, Ashot Hovakimian told a news conference in Yerevan.

"In Hungary, this status is granted to traditional communities living
in the country over 300-400 years.

Armenians have lived in Hungary for over 500 years.

They have elective self-government councils.

Meanwhile, there is no Azeri community in Hungary, Austria, Czechia
or Slovakia. The Azerbaijani Embassy is attempting to create a such,
however, in vain," Ambassador Hovakimian said.

For his part, Armenian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Sergei Manasarian said
there is not such a notion as "Azeri community" in Bulgaria. "There
is a Turkish community, which numbers 600-800 thousand people. The
number of Armenians reaches 30 thousand only. I should stress that
we are not at odds. The problem is that unlike the Turkish community,
the Armenian one is not solidary enough.