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Germany hosts scientific-cultural symposium â€œNagorno Karabakh â€“ cultural cradle of Azerbaijanâ€

01 December 2009 08:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. A scientific-cultural symposium entitled â€œNagorno Karabakh â€“ cultural cradle of Azerbaijanâ€ took place in Berlin. The symposium was organized by the Public Union of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh and Germany-Azerbaijan Forum at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Azerbaijani embassy in Germany told APA.
Chairman of the Germany-Azerbaijan Forum, former State Secretary of Germany Otto Hauser welcomed the participants and then Azerbaijani ambassador to Germany Parviz Shahbazov and member of the Azerbaijani parliament, member of the governing board of the Public Union of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Rovshan Rzayev addressed the symposium. The speakers called the long-standing Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh conflict as a serious obstacle on the way of development of the region and threat to the sustainable peace and brought the facts that Nagorno Karabakh is a historic land of Azerbaijan and integral and important part of the rich cultural-historic heritage of the Azerbaijani people.

Then rector of the Baku Slavic University Kamal Abdullah made a scientific report â€œNagorno Karabakh in the history of Azerbaijanâ€, which was followed by a round table â€œNagorno Karabakh â€“ whatâ€™s aheadâ€ moderated by Otto Hauser. Former representative of German foreign ministry in the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Frank Lambach, former member of Bundestag and member of the German delegation to PACE E. Linthner, from Azerbaijani side â€“ Kamal Abdullah, rector of Baku Academy of Music Farhad Badalbeyli and MP Rzayev participated at the discussions. They spoke about the Nagorno Karabakhâ€™s link to Azerbaijan.
Participants of the round table said that Armeniaâ€™s constructive position to withdraw its forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan would contribute to the regional development and cooperation. Representatives of the German Bundestag, different government agencies, brain centers, mass media and diplomatic corps accredited in Germany, as well as activists of Azerbaijani Diaspora in Germany participated at the event.