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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has concluded the investigation of the scandal over the violation of "Eurovision" song contest rules by Azerbaijan and officially announced the latter guilty.
Panorama.am recalls that Azerbaijan rejected the fact that during sms voting of "Eurovision 2009" live contest, the number to vote for Armenia was blocked in Azerbaijan.
Naturally, the Armenian party collected all the facts and evidence over the violation and Azerbaijan couldn’t resist. Azerbaijan’s traditional methods of oil dollars and threats didn’t work.
The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the contest Adil Kerimli had to confess: “EBU announced that Azerbaijani TV didn’t show sms-numbers for Armenia.” He also reaffirmed that Azerbaijan was fined over the infringement.
Having followed the whole process and represented the Armenian party interests, the Adviser to the Executive Director of the Public TV Company of Armenia Diana Mnatsakanyan clarified the situation in an interview with Panorama.am.
“The fine of 2700 euros was not confirmed by the EBU, consequently, we have no basis to trust any of the Azerbaijani sources. Kerimli explained the blocking of the sms-number had occurred for “technical reasons”. To me, everyone can see why “technical” problems arose just with Armenia’s voting number. With other countries no similar problems ever occur in Azerbaijan,” Diana Mnatsakanyan said.
“We are against bringing cultural issues into political field, and we have informed the EBU about this,” she said.
Thus, the EBU put an end to a story which caused a wide public resonance among the “Eurovision” song contest fans. The fine has been paid (the sum has not been revealed yet, though, taking into consideration the "Eurovision" song contest practice, we may assume it is worth some ten thousands of euros). Azerbaijan has been cautioned it will get disqualified in case this happens again in the future, and Azerbaijan’s all attempts to undertake any provocative actions against Armenia will be harshly punished.
Panorama.am recalls that Azerbaijan rejected the fact that during sms voting of "Eurovision 2009" live contest, the number to vote for Armenia was blocked in Azerbaijan.
Naturally, the Armenian party collected all the facts and evidence over the violation and Azerbaijan couldn’t resist. Azerbaijan’s traditional methods of oil dollars and threats didn’t work.
The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the contest Adil Kerimli had to confess: “EBU announced that Azerbaijani TV didn’t show sms-numbers for Armenia.” He also reaffirmed that Azerbaijan was fined over the infringement.
Having followed the whole process and represented the Armenian party interests, the Adviser to the Executive Director of the Public TV Company of Armenia Diana Mnatsakanyan clarified the situation in an interview with Panorama.am.
“The fine of 2700 euros was not confirmed by the EBU, consequently, we have no basis to trust any of the Azerbaijani sources. Kerimli explained the blocking of the sms-number had occurred for “technical reasons”. To me, everyone can see why “technical” problems arose just with Armenia’s voting number. With other countries no similar problems ever occur in Azerbaijan,” Diana Mnatsakanyan said.
“We are against bringing cultural issues into political field, and we have informed the EBU about this,” she said.
Thus, the EBU put an end to a story which caused a wide public resonance among the “Eurovision” song contest fans. The fine has been paid (the sum has not been revealed yet, though, taking into consideration the "Eurovision" song contest practice, we may assume it is worth some ten thousands of euros). Azerbaijan has been cautioned it will get disqualified in case this happens again in the future, and Azerbaijan’s all attempts to undertake any provocative actions against Armenia will be harshly punished.
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