Artsakh symbol to be returned to the stand of Armenian pavilion at media exhibition in Tehran

October 27, 2010 - 13:51 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Ambassador to Iran Grigor Arakelyan has sent a note to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to protest against the improper behavior of the Azerbaijani delegation at the international exhibition of press and news agencies in Tehran.

“Should the Azerbaijani delegation continue hampering the work of the Armenian pavilion, Armenia will close it due to the incapability of the Iranian side to ensure security of the Armenian delegation,” Arakelyan said.

The event organizers stated that the photograph of the monument will be returned to its place, while the Azerbaijanis were warned to stay away from the Armenian pavilion.

A photograph of Artsakh’s symbol - We and Our Mountains memorial which was featured in the Armenian pavilion at the 17th media exhibition in Tehran, where Armenia is represented by PanARMENIAN.Net news agency and Azg newspaper, aroused indignation of the Azerbaijani delegation. While the correspondents from PanARMENIAN.Net and Azg were preparing their pavilion for opening, the Azerbaijanis were closely following the action. After the map of Armenia and Artsakh Republic was stuck to the stand, they first demanded that the map and the image of the monument should be removed but then, without waiting for any decision by the exhibition management, one of them burst into the pavilion and tore away the map. It’s also worth mentioning that the Azerbaijanis called the Turkish delegation to protect their interests. Attempts to draw the infuriated Azerbaijani aside attracted attention of a dozen of foreign attendees.

The next morning the Armenian journalists saw that the photograph of the monument was removed from the stand.