European Broadcasting Union refutes info on Armenia’s request

Armenian Public TV (APTV) didn’t send the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) specific security requests for its participation in Eurovision 2012 to be held in Baku, Event Supervisor Eurovision Song Contest Sietse Bakker said.

Earlier this week, official representative of the APTV Gohar Gasparyan said that Yerevan didn’t make a final decision on participation in “Eurovision” yet. According to her, the Armenian Public TV requested the EBU for security guarantees and waited for a reply.

Sietse Bakker said that “we have been in a dialogue with APTV about their participation in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest since June”.

“At this moment, we are not in the position to confirm or deny their participation, since we only announce the full participants list next week and do not comment on individual country's participation,” Bakker said.

“The EBU itself does not provide security guarantees, since providing such service is outside of our scope. However, we do request security guarantees and services from the Host Broadcaster and the respective authorities and/or partners. In this year's case, we have been given security guarantees applicable to all participating delegations from the Prime Minster of Azerbaijan. Additionally, Armenia's possible participation has been discussed with Baku city officials in August of last year, to reaffirm that security guarantees would apply to the Armenian delegation specifically as well. All potential participants, including AMPTV, have been informed about the PM's guarantees”, Bakker said.


/Mediamax/