AZERBAIJAN PROTESTS AT RUSSIAN BOOK ON KARABAKH
Text of report by Azerbaijani TV station Lider on 1 May
Lider TV, Baku
1 May 07
[Presenter] With no reply to Azerbaijan’s first protest note, a
second one has been handed over to Russia. Deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov today received Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasiliy
Istratov to hand a protest note over to him.
The reason for this is that Russia’s 63-volume Great Encyclopedia,
which was printed by the Tetra printing house, describes Nagornyy
Karabakh as an independent entity and published false information
claiming that Karabakh belonged to Armenians historically.
[Istratov speaking in Russian with Azeri voice-over] I shall read
the 63-volume book. I cannot say anything without reading what have
been written about Karabakh. Once this happens, I can only respond
to the note.
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