Moscow hosts meeting between Armenian, Azeri intellectuals![]() February 22, 2012 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow hosted a meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectuals. According to APA, the meeting was held at editorial office of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta, with no information provided as to the issues discussed. The meeting between representatives of intelligentsia of the two countries will continue at Moscow’s Central House of Literature. The gathering was reflected in an article by Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the Russian President for International Cultural Cooperation. This is the third time that Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectuals meet. Representatives of the Armenian, Pontian Greek and Assyrian communities gave appropriate readings from the Bible. “We severely condemn attacks on religions centers and sacred sites,” the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia said. In his speech Armenian Foreign Minister thanked leadership of Massachusetts for supporting Armenian community’s initiative. Yana Amelina says NATO reiterates its call to Russia to abandon recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. |