Armenia-Azerbaijan: Musical collaboration

Posted 28 July 2009 12:31 GMT

Countries	Armenia, Azerbaijan
Topics	Arts & Culture, War & Conflict, Youth, International Relations, Ethnicity & Race, Migration & Immigration
Languages	Armenian, Russian, English, Azerbaijani

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Despite the unresolved conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh which has left many citizens of both countries intolerant and bitterly opposed to the other, a Baku-based newspaper has discovered a video on YouTube of an Azeri girl singing traditional mugham backed by Armenian musicians. Remy_G tweets that the singer and musicians gave an outstanding performance.

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