USA SUPPORT IDEA ABOUT A WEEK OF AZERBAIJAN IN ARMENIA – AMBASSADOR

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 17 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku / Òrend corr K. Ramazanova / The United States
support the initiative to hold a Week of Azerbaijan in Yerevan,
the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse said.

On 17 December, a Week of Azerbaijan was launched in Armenia with
support of the UK Embassy in Armenia.

"The United States, as a member of the OSCE Minsk Group, supports
the peace in the region and the dialogue between the two countries,"
Derse said.

The Azerbaijani delegation to take part in the event includes the
representatives of the Azerbaijani National Committee at the Helsinki
Civil Assembly and the Azerbaijani human rights activists. Within
the framework of the Week of Azerbaijan in Armenia, the students
will write essays with the subject of ‘How I Imagine Azerbaijan’ and
‘How I see the Future of Armenia and Azerbaijan’. The film ‘Open the
Borders!’ by Luisa Pogosian about Armenia and the occupied Azerbaijani
region of Nagorno-Karabakh will be demonstrated.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry regards the Week of Azerbaijan
in Armenia as an opportunity to convey the true information about
Azerbaijan, the Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Khazar
Ibrahim said to journalists on 17 December.

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