New phase of the Armenia-Azerbaijan information war
The latest developments in the Turkish-Armenian relations aroused another new information war between Turkish and Azerbaijani mass media outlets, says director of the "Noravank" Scientific-Educational Foundation Gagik Harutyunyan who draws journalists' attention to the actions taken in Nakhijevan.
The Turks are holding a conference in Armenia (he considers Nakhijevan as Armenia-ed.) where they announce that Zangezur is an Azerbaijani territory. We had not seen such boldness yet and it is very interesting," said Gagik Harutyunyan, adding that the Armenian side did not give an adequate response to that.
He considers the information in Turkish and Azerbaijani presses as an information war. According to him, the Azerbaijani presses are trying to present the discrepancies between Turkey and Azerbaijan very loyally, as if it is a internal game and there are no serious discrepancies.
"In reality, Turkey is currently ignoring Azerbaijan's interest, but the Azerbaijani are trying to present it differently and we are trying to present it in another way. The reality is that the Turkish side always tries to spread different kinds of information and works flexibly," says Harutyunyan.
So, according to Gagik Harutyunyan, Armenia has a rather well-coordinated opponent that is putting its entire efforts into action. Nevertheless, Harutyunyan adds: "I don't want you to get the impression that we are losing in that information war. What's more, I get the impression that in the past year, the Armenian side has comparably been more active and has started working more adequately. Perhaps it is because the president finally attached importance to that and this became part of state policy."
