PanARMENIAN.Net
Nestle fails to resist Azeri pressure
05.05.2008 17:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Swiss-based multinational food
company, Nestle, has apologized to Azerbaijan after a
gift attached to a breakfast cereal backfired.
The CD-ROM featured information about countries around
the world but the data on Azerbaijan caused outrage
there.
It said that `after gaining independence, Azerbaijan
had started a war against neighboring Armenia.’
Azerbaijan claims that Nagorno Karabakh was also
mentioned. However, judging by the screenshot posted
on Day.az website, Nagorno Karabakh was not mentioned
at all.
Nestle PR Officer Anastasia Shestakova also confirmed
to a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the CDs did not
contain any information about Karabakh.
Nestle has withdrawn the cereal and promised to seize
the CDs, which were released by DK Multimedia company
and later purchased by Nestle as a finished product.
The Azeri government vowed to take action, and there
has been widespread talk of a public boycott.
Despite the formal apology, Azeris are still not
happy. They accuse Nestle of playing Armenia’s hand,
and are demanding more than just an apology to chew
on.
From: Baghdasarian