Azeri youth group in Russia urges to boycott provocative film
The Azerbaijani Youth Organization of Russia (AYOR) made a statement calling on the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia to boycott the Armenian provocative film "Interrupted Song", the premiere of which took place on Sunday in Moscow, state news agency AzerTac reported.
The statement says: "The author skillfully presents
anti-Azerbaijani propaganda, representing Azerbaijani soldier
bloodthirsty and the Armenian soldiers as noble protecting
motherland. And they manage to advertise their work as
"peacekeeping." We would like to note the position of the producer
of this picture Goar Gevorgyan, who cynically and insidiously said
at the premiere that the Armenians are ready for peace only after
the recognition of the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding lands by Azerbaijan.
This provocative film should be boycotted by all Azerbaijanis".
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.