EDITOR OF ARMENIAN ARAVOT: "OUR MASS MEDIAS RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON KARABAKH ISSUE AND ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES"

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Dec 25 2008
Azerbaijan

"The panic around the Karabakh issue and criticism in the Armenian
press has been exaggerated, as few people have the full information
about the resolution of the conflict", considers editor-in-chief of
the Azg newspaper Akop Avetikyan.

"The absurd is that the issue of the resolution of the Karabakh
conflict which is urgent for Armenian people, is kept a secret",
noted he.

Another participant of the press conference, editor-in-chief of
Aravot Aram Abramyan noted that the responsibility for disinformation
and panic moods in press is on the country’s powers: "After any
Armenian-Azerbaijani talks, our officials, asked to comment on the
talks, reject "to disclose" the state secrets, while Azerbaijani
politicians start to comment on the same meeting and do it in their
own favor".

According to him, Armenian medias often refer to Azerbaijani
information, as they get more information from Azerbaijani sources,
as they have no local alternative.

Powers must ensure some outflow of information.

Avetikyan suggested to the leaders of the country to invite
descent mass media representatives to inform the off the record
information. Otherwise, press has a right to write whatever they want".