Notes from the Armenian-Language Blogosphere
By Nessuna
Christina at Cilicia.com’s Local Life in Armenia blog says that there can be no solution to Kharabagh conflict as long as the most important factor — trust — is missing. According to her, there is no communication between two sides that is free of a hostility which seems to be submerged in blood.
I was talking about it with my mom recently, and she said something interesting: “The turk passes his revenge on to generations.”
Christina brings an example to better illustrate her point:
Last year there was a conference in Tbilisi, sponsored by British Council-Armenia and Project Harmony-Armenia. Naturally, there were logos of the organizations on the conference material’s folder. A young azeri woman approached me to ask for the folder.
Five minutes later she is back. She throws the folder next to where I am standing and says “I don’t need this.” I take the folder to see that the word Armenia on the logos is crossed with a black ink pen. Immediately I turn redder than the dress I am wearing and hear the Azerbaijan office director’s angry remark to my director. “Well, why did you need to stick that name there! It’s THE British Council, right?” I was never the one to have a leading role in any conversation, but before Erik could reply I said “Actually it’s THE British Council-Armenia that paid for your participation!”
Christina’s full post can be read in Armenian here.
