ARMENPRESS
AZERI JOURNALIST SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF CULTURAL DIALOGUE
WITH ARMENIA
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS: Nagorno-Karabakh
is the main obstacle for Azerbaijan to restore its
territorial integrity while Azerbaijan remains the
major obstacle for Nagorno-Karabakh to fully exercise
its right to self-determination, said an Azerbaijani
journalist today in Yerevan.
Zulfugar Farzaliyev represents Azerbaijan at an
international conference in Yerevan started today
entitled `The Caucasus and the Middle East as
Potential Partners in the Process of Forming Regional
Security System.’
The Azeri journalist said despite the ongoing
negotiations societies in both countries should
themselves start seeking ways of reconciliation and
understanding through cultural dialogue and people’s
diplomacy.
`We are in a state of no war nor peace and many
people in Azerbaijan perceive this as a military
defeat and the problem is to persuade these people to
launch a dialogue with Armenians,’ he said.
In his opinion, both nations should work to
eliminate and throw away the image of enemy already
deeply entrenched among Azeris and Armenians.
`A generation is growing now that has no idea that
Armenians and Azeris used to have normal relations. It
is more difficult to force a nation to love their
neighbors than to force them to love the whole
humanity,’ he said.
`One good move will be followed by another one. If
we restore one monument and save one manuscript that
will be a step towards peace,’ he said.
He said he was impressed seeing a Muslim mosque
restored in central Yerevan.
`Our goal is to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict during our life span and not to leave it to
the next generation,’ he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
