YEREVAN. - Azerbaijan has some changes in its strategy and tactics of the anti-Armenian propaganda, said Armenian military expert David Jamalyan to a press conference on Friday. 

The expert reminded that Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov suggested that Karabakh Armenians should themselves vote for or against being a part of Azerbaijan.

“Now attempts are made to implement this idea in practice, which brings up an interesting situation - anti-Armenian propaganda and hatred are not reduced but they simultaneously introduce an image of a “good Armenian" speaking of peoples’ friendship,” said Jamalyan.

As an example of such "good Armenians" the expert mentioned the Chairman Caucasus Center for Peacemaking Initiatives Georgi Vanyan.

Jamalyan particularly highlighted Vanyan’s initiative to hold a festival of Azerbaijani movies in Yerevan, which did not cause much excitement in Armenia and in Azerbaijan as well.

According to the expert, such actions do not improve relations between the two nations, furthermore, they obviously have the opposite effect. Jamalyan believes that creation of the new image of Armenians will activate international structures.

“This can be expressed in the form of various grant programs with political overtones. These programs will not take normalization of relations between Armenians and Azerbaijanis as a primary goal, they will rather try to introduce pro-Azerbaijani approaches to the youth,” concluded Jamalyan.