BBC-AZERBAIJAN: "ARMENIAN PRESIDENT’S WORDS WERE NOT DISTORTED"
Today.Az
25 September 2008 [14:50]
Famous British radio station has made an official statement regarding
the interview with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
Day.Az reports with reference to BBC that the meeting of the Armenian
President with a group of foreign journalists was attended by Moscow
correspondent of BBC Eldar Ismayilzade.
Some agencies, referring to the Armenian sources, stated that
Sargsyan’s words spread by BBC-Azerbaijan "I suggested to President
of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to invest into Nagorno Karabakh to
demonstrate Azerbaijanis’ interest in the welfare of Karabakh and
safe life. Perhaps after that Armenians of Karabakh would speak for
living within Azerbaijan" had been distorted.
BBC notes that Armenian President answered journalists’ questions in
Armenian and the words he said were translated into English, while
BBC-Azerbaijan translated the information from the original source
that is from Armenian into Azerbaijani.
"BBC-Azerbaijan confirms that Serzh Sargsyan’s words, said in Armenian
and translated in Azerbaijanis, as well as other words, transmitted in
the air, were not drawn from the context or distorted. BBC-Azerbaijan
has the audio recording of Serzh Sargsyan’s words", says the statement
of BBC-Azerbaijan.