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Azerbaijanis in Eurovision probe

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Inga and Anush, of Armenia, performs during the final of the
Eurovision Song Contest on 16 May 2009
Armenia’s Inga and Anush perform at the Eurovision Song Contest
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People in Azerbaijan who voted for a song by neighbouring Armenia in
May’s Eurovision Song Contest have been questioned by the authorities.

One man told the BBC he was accused of being unpatriotic and a
potential security threat, after he sent a text backing Armenia’s
song, Jan Jan.

The Azerbaijani authorities said people had merely been invited to
explain why they voted for Armenia.

The two states fought over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the 1990s.

In November 2008, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders agreed to intensify
their efforts to find a political settlement to the row over the
territory.

They said they had made significant progress at talks in Prague in May
2009 on the sidelines of the EU’s Eastern Partnership summit.