MEMBERS OF AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT UNHAPPY WITH PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL NGO REPRESENTATIVES IN THE WEEK OF AZERBAIJAN IN ARMENIA

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Dec 18 2007

A number of deputies have voiced discontent with participation of
representatives of local NGOs of Azerbaijan in the Week of Azerbaijan
held in Armenia.

Deputy Zahid Oruj announced that the representatives of Azerbaijani
NGOs, who are visiting the neighbor country, are famous for their
pro-Armenian position in our country.

"I can’t understand whose interests they will represent in Armenia
and how they will speak about the Azerbaijani culture and history",
he said.

He considers that the said people intend to carry out national
diplomacy over the head of Azerbaijani nation.

His colleague Azay Guliyev considers that such arrangements serve
only to the interests of Armenia. He substantiated his statement by
the announcement made by Vladimir Karapetyan, spokesman for Armenian
Foreign Ministry, which says that such arrangements prove Armenia’s
loyalty to the current peaceful talks.

"We can see once again that Armenians are not sincere in this issue
and use these events so that to present themselves as peaceful people
to the international community, which is not true, in fact", he noted.

According to A.Guliyev, if the event organizers really intend to help
the peacefull settlement of the conflict between the two nations, they
must declare their position regarding occupation of Azerbaijani lands.