De Waal weighs in on "damage" from Baku park with dummies of ArmeniansApril 15, 2021 - 11:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - British journalist and writer on the Caucasus Thomas de Waal has commented on Azerbaijan's new "war trophy park" with dummies of Armenian soldiers and helmets of fallen Karabakh servicemen. De Waal's remarks came after the authors of what they described as "sculptures" said: "We tried to create the most realistic representations. It was a long and difficult process. We gave them hooked noses, flat heads and other features." On April 12, the President of Azerbaijan attended the opening of a “park” dedicated to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war in Baku, where alongside Armenian military equipment seized during hostilities, wax figures of what Azerbaijan claims to be Armenian servicemen, as well as their personal belongings and the helmets of fallen Armenian troops were also displayed. "Horrible. The Jewish part of me feels this acutely. In the 19thC Caucasus “hook-nosed” “greedy” Armenians echoed anti-Semitic tropes in Europe. Now a young sculptor studying in Venice repeats it today," De Wall said in a tweet. "I’m glad to see Azerbaijanis rejecting this, but big damage has been done," he added, although most Azerbaijanis on social media platforms seem to be defending the park. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |