Presentation of collection of interviews with representatives of
Armenian and Azerbaijani societies takes place in Yerevan

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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the collection
entitled "Armenia-Azerbaijan, 2005-2008, Opinions about the Main
Things" took place in Yerevan on February 5. The collection contains
interviews with representatives of societies of the two countries, with
the representatives of the same speciality or the same stratum being
asked the same questions. The collection was prepared by Region
research center in Armenia and Peace and Democracy Institute in
Azerbaijan within the framework of Stereotype Overcoming and General
Information Environment program of Conciliation Resources international
organization.

The director of Region center Laura Baghdasarian said that over 4 years
more than 150 interviews were conducted and then published "in pairs"
in Azg and 168 Hours papers (Armenia) and Novoye Vremya
Russian-language paper (Azerbaijan). Only 42 interviews in Armenian and
Russian were included in the presented collection. L. Baghdasarian
announced that the publication of the collection (probably, only in
Russian) is also expected in Baku. The selection of interviews to be
included in the two books was made independely of each other, and their
content is not completely the same.

According to L. Baghdasarian, considerable material expressing opinions
of representatives of two countries was collected. These opinions are
not only about the Karabakh problem and the prospects of conciliation,
but also about domestic and foreign policies, social and cultural life.
All materials were posted on the wesite of Caucasus Journalists Net
().