VLADIMIR KARAPETYAN: FOR ARMENIA RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE NOT EMPTY WORDS
armradio.am
14.11.2007 10:53
The Azerbaijani Press Officer offered quite an inappropriate
interpretation of certain segments of the Armenian Prime Minister’s
interview to the Los Angeles Times. Asked to comment upon this
interpretation upon the request of Mediamax agency, MFA Spokesman
Vladimir Karapetyan responded:
"It is very difficult to call that an ‘interpretation’.
It is also rather amusing that an official whose lies a local media
outlet recently exposed and who carries diplomatic rank, attempts to
pass judgment on one of the leaders of a neighboring country.
It is regrettable that the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson
has inherited both the style and the methods of his predecessor,
as well as the moral stance of his authorities. It would appear that
such an approach has become tradition for the Azerbaijani MFA. Perhaps
we can’t expect more of a country where intolerance and blind hate
towards national minorities and their cultural heritage has achieved
political heights. There are plenty of examples of this, including
the daily calls for war.
For Armenia, religious tolerance and cooperation with neighboring
countries are not empty words. Rather, together, they are our past,
our daily life, our daily relations and our shared future."