Week of Azerbaijan to be held in Armenia - UPDATED

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Spokesman for Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan Khazar Ibragim commented on the conduction of the week of Azerbaijan in Armenia.

"As Armenian polititians disseminate false information, misleading their society, familiarization of the Armenian society with the truth, presented by the Azerbaijani citizens, will promote the development of the correct idea on the issue".

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The event will be organized in Yerevan in the Mkhitar Sebastatsi educational complex headed by Ashot Bleyan.

The event will be attended by an Azerbaijani delegation, including writer Seymur Baycan and the representatives of Azerbaijan office of Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly and several human rights activists

Schoolchildren will write compositions on the topic “How I imagine Azerbaijan” and “How I see the future of Armenia and Azerbaijan” during the week of Azerbaijan.

The film “Open borders” by Luisa Pogosyan about Nagorno Garabagh, a territory of Azerbaijan, occupied by Armenians, will be presented during the event.

The British Embassy to Armenia is among the organizers of the event.

Mkhitar Sebastatsi is a state school, headed by the former Education Minister of Armenia Ashot Bleyan, who had been in prison for several years and who is often blamed for his pro-Azerbaijan position.

Bleyan protests against Armenia’s occupying Azerbaijani territories and speaks for establishment of close relations with both Azerbaijan and Turkey.

/APA/