Blind hate towards national minorities achieved political heights in Azerbaijan

PanARMENIAN.Net - "It is very difficult to call statements by Azerbaijani MFA Press Officer an 'interpretation' of some segments of the Armenian Prime Minister's interview to the Los Angeles Times," said Vladimir Karapetian, Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry.



"It is also rather amusing that an official whose lies a local media outlet recently exposed and who carries diplomatic rank, attempts to pass judgment on one of the leaders of a neighboring country," he said.



"It is regrettable that the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson has inherited both the style and the methods of his predecessor, as well as the moral stance of his authorities. It would appear that such an approach has become tradition for the Azerbaijani MFA. Perhaps we can't expect more of a country where intolerance and blind hate towards national minorities and their cultural heritage has achieved political heights. There are plenty of examples of this, including the daily calls for war. For Armenia, religious tolerance and cooperation with neighboring countries are not empty words. Rather, together, they are our past, our daily life, our daily relations and our shared future," he said.



A couple of days ago Khazar Ibrahim said that Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan is "far from reality if he thinks that the core Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the religious factor." Ibrahim made the remarks in response to Sargsyan's statement that the religious factor exists in the Karabakh conflict.