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ARMENIAN JOURNALISTS SPEAK ABOUT INCIDENT WITH AZERBAIJANI COLLEAGUES IN IRANIAN EXHIBITION
Tert.am
17:52 01.11.10
A group of Armenian journalists participating in the 17th International
Media Exhibition boycotted the event because of a row with Azerbaijani
delegation over a photo symbolizing Karabakh.
The Iranian exhibition is closing today, but the Armenian participants
returned to Yerevan two days before its closure. In a press conference
today a reporter of local Armenian daily Azg (nation) Hasmik
Harutyunyan and a reporter of news agency Panarmenian.net Ekaterina
Poghosyan, as well as editors of other media outlets attending the
conference dwelled on the details of the incident.
According to the Armenian journalists, the Azeri media representatives
"attempted to provoke the Armenian delegation, asking the Armenians
were so few in number, and why only female representatives were
participating in the event."
The Armenian representatives were able to avoid conflicts until
an Azerbaijani journalist working for Azerbaijan news agency APA
"violently broke into their pavilion and tore the maps of Armenia and
Artsakh." What drove the Azeri representative out of patience was the
photo featuring the famous symbol of Artsakh (We Are Our Mountains)
installed on the Armenian pavilion.
After the incident, the organizers had to remove the photo for
security considerations.
Offended, the Armenian journalists expressed their complaints to the
exhibition organizers, claiming that the photo be reinstalled.
But as the they didn't keep their promise the Armenians decided to
discontinue their participation in the event and returned to Armenia.
Azg's Editor-in-Chief of Hakob Avetikyan praised the Armenian
journalists for their "brevity," at the same time highlighting the
importance of being better prepared for international events next time.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
17:52 01.11.10
A group of Armenian journalists participating in the 17th International
Media Exhibition boycotted the event because of a row with Azerbaijani
delegation over a photo symbolizing Karabakh.
The Iranian exhibition is closing today, but the Armenian participants
returned to Yerevan two days before its closure. In a press conference
today a reporter of local Armenian daily Azg (nation) Hasmik
Harutyunyan and a reporter of news agency Panarmenian.net Ekaterina
Poghosyan, as well as editors of other media outlets attending the
conference dwelled on the details of the incident.
According to the Armenian journalists, the Azeri media representatives
"attempted to provoke the Armenian delegation, asking the Armenians
were so few in number, and why only female representatives were
participating in the event."
The Armenian representatives were able to avoid conflicts until
an Azerbaijani journalist working for Azerbaijan news agency APA
"violently broke into their pavilion and tore the maps of Armenia and
Artsakh." What drove the Azeri representative out of patience was the
photo featuring the famous symbol of Artsakh (We Are Our Mountains)
installed on the Armenian pavilion.
After the incident, the organizers had to remove the photo for
security considerations.
Offended, the Armenian journalists expressed their complaints to the
exhibition organizers, claiming that the photo be reinstalled.
But as the they didn't keep their promise the Armenians decided to
discontinue their participation in the event and returned to Armenia.
Azg's Editor-in-Chief of Hakob Avetikyan praised the Armenian
journalists for their "brevity," at the same time highlighting the
importance of being better prepared for international events next time.
From: A. Papazian