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ARMENIAN POLITICS STEP INTO GENEVA BOOK FAIR
GenevaLunch.com
http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/armenian-politics-step-into-geneva-book-fair/
May 3 2011
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Sparks have flown in recent
days over the display of Armenia's version of history at the
five-dayInternational Book Fair in Geneva, at Palexpo, which closes
its doors today, 3 May.
Trend News, a private news agency in Azerbaijan, reports that
Azerbaijan's ambassador to Switzerland, Murad Najafbayli, complained
to the Swiss Foreign Affairs Department about the materials and he
reportedly also tried to insist that they should be removed from
the exhibition.
At issue: the presentation of Azerbaijan's "territorial integrity".
Armenia was invited to the book fair as a guest of honor and its
president, Serzh Sargsyan, visited the show Monday 2 May.
Switzerland's relations with Armenia date back to at least 1896, when
nearly half a million Swiss signed a petition to draw the attention
of the Swiss Federal Council to massacres in the region.
Armenians have long had a tradition of sending children to Switzerland
to be education.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, both formerly part of the Soviet Union,
have been fighting over their territories for more than 100 years.
From: A. Papazian
GenevaLunch.com
http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/03/armenian-politics-step-into-geneva-book-fair/
May 3 2011
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Sparks have flown in recent
days over the display of Armenia's version of history at the
five-dayInternational Book Fair in Geneva, at Palexpo, which closes
its doors today, 3 May.
Trend News, a private news agency in Azerbaijan, reports that
Azerbaijan's ambassador to Switzerland, Murad Najafbayli, complained
to the Swiss Foreign Affairs Department about the materials and he
reportedly also tried to insist that they should be removed from
the exhibition.
At issue: the presentation of Azerbaijan's "territorial integrity".
Armenia was invited to the book fair as a guest of honor and its
president, Serzh Sargsyan, visited the show Monday 2 May.
Switzerland's relations with Armenia date back to at least 1896, when
nearly half a million Swiss signed a petition to draw the attention
of the Swiss Federal Council to massacres in the region.
Armenians have long had a tradition of sending children to Switzerland
to be education.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, both formerly part of the Soviet Union,
have been fighting over their territories for more than 100 years.
From: A. Papazian