Elnur Baimov: "The problem of the spread of Armenian disinformation has nothing to do with formation of a common Armenian-Georgian-Azerbaijani information field"

"This is a recognition of one's unprofessionalism and inobjectiveness which is concealed under some external factors, that is called conspiraphobia", said editor-in-chief of Day.Az news agency Elnur Baimov commenting on the statement of the director of news programs of Yerkir-Media television company Gegam Manukyan who said the situation today is that the region has two fronts with Armenia on the one hand and a coalition of mass medias of Georgia and Azerbaijan on the other hand.

He said activity of Day.Az is the bright proof of the falseness of Manukyan's statement.

"I would remind to those experts who suffer from amnesia and inadequate assessment of the reality that Day.Az interviewed such representatives of the powers of Armenia that occupied 20% of Azerbaijani lands, as Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and speaker of Armenian National Assembly Tigran Torosyan. We also interviewed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Armenia to Russia Armen Smbatyan as well as the president of the union of Russian Armenians Ara Abramyan, who has repeatedly organized visits of Russian "stars" to the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh.

Day.Az also interviewed Armenian culture figures, including great Armen Cigarhanyan and wonderful film director Roman Balayan.

Leading Armenian politicians, political scientists and human rights activists are frequent responders of Day.Az.

We also have the Novosti-Armenia column on our website.

Thus, as is seen Day.Az has provided and will provide opportunity for the leading Armenian political and cultural figures to voice their opinion and we provide full information about life in Armenia.

So what else should an Azerbaijani website Day.Az do to create a common information area with Armenia, to provide Armenian side with an chance to voice its opinion on the problems existing in the region?

The same area for voicing its opinion about the developments in the South Caucasus region is provided by Georgian mass medias. It means that violation of the rights of Armenian side in the field of formation of a common information area is out of the question.

Another question is that Armenian side has great problems in disinforming world community about the situation in the South Caycasus. In particular, Armenian mass medias have problems of spreading lie about situation in the Armenian-settlement region of Georgia Samtskhe-Javakheti, the process of the resolution of the Karabakh conflict and the real political and economic situation in our region, where Armenia is the most backward state due to conduction of the occupational policy and permanent territorial claims of its powers.

The fresh proof of the "work" of Armenian mass medias is the recent lie of Panarmenian agency about the alleged pogrom of Jews in Sumgayit.

In this sense, I understand the "efforts" of the Armenian "experts. But the problem of the spread of Armenian disinformation has nothing to do with the formation of a common Armenian-Georgian-Azerbaijani information field.

And the last. We are proud that Day.Az is the most popular and quoted news agency in the South Caucasus and Middle Asia. But neither we nor Georgian mass medias are responsible for the backwardness of Armenian mass medias. This true should be accepted by all those Armenian "experts" who shift the blame for their lack of professionalism on others", concluded Elnur Baimov.

/Day.Az/