Azerbaijan is trying to please Turkey, arranging provocations against
Armenia in ”Eurovision – 2015”
14:30 14/02/2015 >> SOCIETY
This year at the international music competition called “Eurovision”
Armenia will be represent by a group which consists of singers living
on five continents of the world including also Armenia. The group is
called “Genealogy” and it will present the song “Do not deny”. Several
countries, including Turkey, refused to take part in this competition
for various reasons. However, the public television of Azerbaijan and
the State Broadcasting Company (ITV) have already expressed
dissatisfaction with the song the Armenian side presents. They accuse
Armenia of “politicizing” the competition and threatened that they
would take “appropriate measures”, reports “Modern.az.”
“Wiwibloggs.com” the blog of the song contest touched the issue
stressing that the loudest criticism over the Armenian song was made
by “its regional opponent – Azerbaijan”. “Azerbaijan, of course, is a
fraternal country for Turkey, which categorically denies the Armenian
Genocide that began in April 1915. Historians believe that this has
led to the death of at least one million people. European Court of
Human Rights is currently discussing whether the Government should be
prosecuted for the denial of these events,” reads the article.
In addition, as in his turn Sietse Bakker, the head of organizational
issues at “Eurovision”, told the Azerbaijani news agency “Report”,
they have to wait for the final version of the song, and only then
they will be able to assess its compliance with the rules.
The semi-finals of the contest “Eurovision-2015” will be held on 19
and 21 May, and the finale – on May 23. Armenia will to perform in the
first semifinal.
It should be emphasized that in 2009 accusations of using “Eurovision”
for their own political purposes were voiced against Azerbaijan. Thus,
according to the reportage of the “BBC”, Azerbaijan had disabled
broadcast of the contest during the duet presented by Armenian
participants. “The ruling clan of Azerbaijan, President of the
Republic and the government build their propaganda on the musical
contest of “Eurovision”. It’s not fair,” Khadija Ismayilova, a
journalist of “Radio Liberty”, stated in an interview then.
A scandal related to voting-results broke out during “Eurovision
2013.” The head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan claimed
that Azerbaijani votes meant for the Russian representative Dina
Garipova were not counted. The European Broadcasting Union
representatives noted in their own turn that organizers of
“Eurovision” officially deny the “loss” of votes given to Russia. A
scandal related to vote-rigging in favor of Azerbaijan broke out
during “Eurovision 2013.” Lithuanian website “15min.lt” held a
journalistic investigation revealing that a group of individuals in
Lithuania and other countries massively “bought” votes in favor of
Azerbaijan on the day of the Contest. European Broadcasting Union is
interested in the given information. Some time later the EBU launched
a broad investigation concerning the possible bribery in “Eurovision”
on the part of Azerbaijan.
The Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turkey was recognized
by many states. Uruguay was the first state to recognize it in 1965,
then Russia (1995), France (2001), Italy (2000), Germany (2005),
Holland (2004), Belgium (1998), Poland (2005), Lithuania (2005),
Slovakia (2004), Sweden (2010), Switzerland (2003), Greece (1993),
Chili (2007), Vatican (2000). The Armenian Genocide was also
recognized by the European Parliament and the World Council of
Churches. 42 US states out of 50 recognized and condemned the Armenian
Genocide and announced the April 24 commemoration day for the victims
of the Armenian Genocide. Turkey, however, still denies the mass
killings of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire during the First
World War (on the eve of the World War I in the Ottoman Empire lived
two million Armenians. About 1.5 million Armenians were killed in the
period from 1915 to 1923, the remaining half a million Armenians were
scattered all over the world).
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/02/14/eurovision-genocide-azerbaijan/