BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 17. The Baku Network
expert platform has released a new episode of the analytical video
project “Dialogue with Tofig Abbasov,” featuring Professor Chingiz
Farzaliyev, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan.
During a meaningful, emotional, and profound conversation, he
shared his thoughts on the fate of the Caucasus, how culture can
overcome enmity and unite peoples, and Azerbaijan’s strategic place
in the emerging new geopolitical architecture of the world.
Farzaliyev began the conversation with a philosophical
reflection on the region’s historical path:
“We have almost turned the page on armed conflict, but the last,
most important step toward comprehensive peace remains. There is
still a distance between us. Is this normal? Of course not. But
that is how circumstances have unfolded.”
Farzaliyev emphasized that his generation had lived through an
entire era—from the collapse of the USSR to the tragedies and wars
that had once again come to Azerbaijani homes. “We saw even what no
one could have imagined — the collapse of the Union and the party.
And then — the war, which knocked on our door again,” he said.
His recollections of the pre-war decades were particularly
emotional:
“A huge number of Armenians lived in Baku. They were our
neighbors, friends, classmates. We went to each other’s weddings
and birthday parties. Everything was normal. And then suddenly, in
an instant, someone decided to set the peoples against each
other.”
Trend presents the
full video recording of the program:
