FOR ARMENIA, RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE NOT EMPTY WORDS
Lragir, Armenia
Nov 13 2007
Vladimir Karapetian, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Responds
to a Question by "Mediamax" News Agency
– Mr. Karapetian, the Azerbaijani Press Officer offered quite an
inappropriate interpretation of certain segments of the Armenian Prime
Minister’s interview to the Los Angeles Times. Do you have a comment?
– It is very difficult to call that an ‘interpretation’.
It is also rather amusing that an official whose lies a local media
outlet recently exposed and who carries diplomatic rank, attempts to
pass judgement on one of the leaders of a neighboring country.
It is regrettable that the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson
has inherited both the style and the methods of his predecessor,
as well as the moral stance of his authorities. It would appear that
such an approach has become tradition for the Azerbaijani MFA.
Perhaps we can’t expect more of a country where intolerance and
blind hate towards national minorities and their cultural heritage
has achieved political heights. There are plenty of examples of this,
including the daily calls for war.
For Armenia, religious tolerance and cooperation with neighboring
countries are not empty words. Rather, together, they are our past,
our daily life, our daily relations and our shared future.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
