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Armenian parliamentarian asks Azerbaijani Minister Education a question

02 April 2012 14:50 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Parvin Abbasov â€“ APA. Armenian parliamentarian Aram Safaryan asked Minister of Education of Azerbaijan Misir Mardanov a question at the meeting of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence with EU Policies: â€œIs it true that hostility and hatred against Armenians are being promoted in your schools and textbooks. If there are such issues we must settle them separately also together and in a different format. We must settle it so that the future generations are mutually respectable and tolerant. I consider that it will be a significant step for the settlement of the conflict between our nations and states.â€

Mardanov said that it is impossible to settle these issues in such events or in a short time: â€œThe experts must investigate and settle this issue. I canâ€™t say and it will not be true that we have friendly relation to Armenia and Armenians. Just imagine, one family was completely killed as a result of Karabakh conflict and only one member is alive. How can this person be friendly with regard to Armenia and Armenians? There is a great gap between our societies and this event is the step for removal of this gap. I donâ€™t know what is written in your books and you do not know what is written in our books. Thatâ€™s why it is impossible to find an answer to this issue within a day or single event. These issues demand very serious investigations between the experts.â€