SPOKESMAN FOR AZERBAIJAN’S MINISTRY OF CULTURE: "IF A CANDIDATE FROM ARMENIA OFFICIALLY PRESENTS AN AZERBAIJANI SONG AT EUROVISION-2008, AZERBAIJAN WILL COMPLAINT TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE"

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Jan 22 2008
Azerbaijan

In case a candidate from Armenia officially presents an Azerbaijani
song at Eurovision-2008, Azerbaijan will complaint to the steering
committee.

The due statement was made by the spokesman for the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Zohra Aliyeva commenting on the
information about Armenia’s plans to present an Azerbaijan song at
Eurovision-2008 song contest.

She said it is not possible to raise this issue until Armenian side
makes an official appeal to the steering committee.

At the same time, she noted that the issue concerns several state
structures and companies in Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Culture
and the agency for author’s rights, as well as a public television,
via which Azerbaijan will take part in the contest, must get involved
into the issue.

Moreover, the spokesman for the Ministry of Culture noted that a
special work group composed of representatives of state bodies and
the Agency for Author’s Rights has been created to investigate the
fact of privatization of Azerbaijani folklore songs and works of
Azerbaijani composers.

"Azerbaijani community must react to it. If each citizen writes
about it to the e-mail of the steering committee of the contest,
it will have a great effect", Z.Aliyeva said.