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Azerbaijanis expose Armenians in New Zealand

24 July 2009 13:50 (UTC +04:00)

An investigation by the Commerce Commission found the juice products distributed by Armenians under the brand name Yan were incorrectly labeled, chairman of the Azerbaijan-New Zealand Friendship Society Galib Mahmoudov told APA. The pomegranate juice was found to contain "some" pomegranate. The products also claimed to contain vitamin C beyond typical levels found in blackcurrants, peaches and pomegranates. â€œI was born in Goychay region of Azerbaijan, home of pomegranate. I was angry when I heard that Armenians claimed their country is a home of this fruit. I brought Goychayâ€™s most qualitative pomegranate juice â€œShirvanâ€™sâ€ to New Zealand to put end on the myth the Armenians created about themselves. Armenians couldnâ€™t lie so long. Local televisions also demonstrated the incorrect products distributed by the Armenians. The incorrect products were pulled out from the sale and returned back and the case will be sent to the court. â€œNZ Heraldâ€ newspaper also published an article denouncing the Armenian fraudâ€(http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10585594)
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Mahmoudov said the Armenians also tried to use propaganda against Azerbaijan. â€œThey label Azerbaijanâ€™s Nagorno Karabakh territory as â€œARCHSAXâ€ on the cognac bottles exported to New Zealand. Therefore we showed Azerbaijanâ€™s map on the pomegranate juiceâ€™s packages we brought to New Zealand. We feasted pomegranate juices to more than 20 thousand families in New Zealand and delivered to them information about Azerbaijanâ€.