#Azerbaijan: Remembering Professor Thomas Goltz and Executive Producer Lee Mason. Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, Republic of Azerbaijan
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🗓️ 16 August 2023
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#Azerbaijan: Remembering Professor Thomas Goltz and Executive Producer Lee Mason. Ambassador Elin Suleymanov, Republic of Azerbaijan
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| 0:42.8 | South Caucasus, Azerbaijan. My travels in Azerbaijan were directed and much informed by the ambassador |
| 0:52.3 | to the United Kingdom, to Great Britain, Aliens Suleimanov, who is with me now. He's not in |
| 0:58.8 | his post in London. He's in Baku Azerbaijan, and we're here to remember two people who were very |
| 1:05.9 | important to us in our conversations together over the years about the South Caucasus. One, |
| 1:11.2 | the author Thomas Goltz, who's the author of several books, Revolatorie of the South Caucasus, |
| 1:16.8 | and the transformation of that part of the world following the exit of the Soviet Union. |
| 1:22.5 | And two, my long-time producer, Lee Mason, who introduced me to Thomas Goltz many years ago, |
| 1:29.4 | Thomas was an excellent source for matters of Asia Minor, for the South Caucasus, |
| 1:35.2 | and the conflict zones that have come up over the last 30 years since the Soviet Union ended. |
| 1:41.9 | I welcome the ambassador now. We come first to praise and remember Thomas Goltz. |
| 1:47.5 | October 1954 to July 2023, the author of Azerbaijan Diary. Mr. Ambassador, Aliens, it's wonderful |
| 1:55.6 | to welcome you. You traveled with Thomas Goltz, and you were travels to find the conflict zone |
| 2:02.8 | between Azerbaijan and the and the rump of parts of the Soviet state, now Russian Federation. |
| 2:11.0 | That would be Armenia. What did you and Thomas get up to? What were your adventures, Mr. Ambassador? |
| 2:16.9 | Good evening to you. Good evening, John. Always good talking to you. Indeed, today we, I mean, |
| 2:23.7 | it's a great loss for, of course, for both of us and for many of our friends to see the passing |
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