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Azerbaijan to Protest against Russia’s ‘First’ TV Channel

Politics Materials 17 September 2007 15:10 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S.Agayeva / The Press Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan, Khazar Ibrahim, briefed the media on 17 September that Azerbaijan officially reacts to the presentation of an Azerbaijani composer's performance as an 'Armenian national melody' on Russia's 'First' TV channel.

On 12 September on Russian TV channel's popular show 'Ice age', a pair danced under the accompaniment of the melody 'Sene de galmaz' of well-known Azerbaijani composer, Tofig Guliyev, but the melody was announced as an 'Armenian national melody'.

"The Armenian dance wedding was performed in ice-flow by Israeli figure skater, Sergey Sakhnovski and singer of 'Fabrika' group, Sasha Saveleva, who appeared as Armenians....," stated the 'First' Channel website.

According to Ibrahim, Azerbaijan will express its dissatisfaction through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture or Azerbaijan's Embassy in Russia.

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