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Dec 5 2009
Euronews to make report on Azerbaijani refugees
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Euronews Euronews is to make a report on Azerbaijani refugees from the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, following a storm of protest over its
report from Karabakh.
"We have started discussions on making a similar report on the
Azerbaijani side as we want to make a film about the Azerbaijani
population residing in the conflict area. We especially want to make a
film about Azerbaijani refugees who left the region due to the
conflict," Euronews editor-in-chief Peter Barabas has said, according
to Trend.
Barabas said that Euronews has made an officially approach to
Azerbaijan, sending a letter to the Azerbaijani embassy in Brussels,
but has yet to receive a response.
According to Barabas, the TV channel hopes that the Azerbaijani
government will permit Euronews to visit the region to make a film as
"we want to be more transparent on this issue. As in the Armenian
report, we are going to feature the life of the population on the
Azerbaijani side."
When Euronews received Armenia’s permission to go to Nagorno-Karabakh,
the intention was to show how the people involved in the Karabakh
conflict live, he said.
"We have never intended to interfere in the political aspect of the
issue, because we know that this issue is very sensitive. We just
wanted to show the life of the Karabakh people in our report. This is
what our report shows," Barabas said.
He said that Euronews had not yet received a protest from the Azerbaijani side.
"I cannot comment on it, as we have not received anything of this
kind. We are waiting for the letter and we will respond as soon as we
get it. Though we know that this letter exists, no-one in Euronews has
seen it yet. Therefore, I cannot say anything until we see the
letter."
Euronews broadcast a one-sided report on the conflict, Winds of Change
in Nagorno-Karabakh, which prompted an official note of protest from
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry.
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