Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am, Armenia
Aug 29 2009

Azerbaijani issue at EBU meeting

13:20 / 08/29/2009At the September 11 meeting in Oslo (Norway),
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will consider the issue on summoning
Azerbaijani citizens voted for Armenian contestants at
Eurovision-2009, the official website of the contest reads.

Commenting on the matter, EBU Director General Jean Reveillon said
that organization will take into account Azerbaijani side
response. â??However the freedom to vote for any song except
the one of the country where you are watching is one of the
cornerstones of the contest.â?? â??Any breach of
privacy regarding voting, or interrogation of individuals, is totally
unacceptable,â?? DG added.

NEWS.am has already reported that Ministry of National Security of
Azerbaijan (MNS) detects Azerbaijani citizens who voted for Armenia at
Eurovision-2009. 43 Azerbaijani citizens voted for Arshakyan sisters
(Armenian contestants). MNS summoned all the mentioned and had a short
talk of their â?`political correctnessâ??,
â?`ethics’ and other paramount issues Azerbaijani should not
neglect. But all this is done in the light of `national idea and
pride.’