An Armenian nongovernmental organization says it will hold an Azerbaijani film festival in Yerevan as part of its efforts to promote Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation.
The Yerevan-based Caucasus Center for Peace Initiatives (CCPR) is organizing the October event with support from the U. S. Embassy in Armenia in an effort to further dialogue on repairing Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.
CCPR Chairman Georgi Vanian told RFE/RL’s Armenian Service that “there is a demand for peace — [it is something] that exists in every family but is [currently] frozen” in the region.
Vanian said he and other festival organizers have watched some 50 Azerbaijani movies produced after the Soviet collapse and will select those which they think “will appeal to Armenian society.”
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