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AZERBAIJAN PROTESTS PRESCIENT WORLDWIDE FOR DISPLAYING NAGORNO-KARABAKH AS ARMENIAN TERRITORY
Trend News Agency
Feb 8 2010
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani embassy in the United States sent a protest to the
president of the telephone company Prescient Worldwide Richard Minervin
in connection with displaying Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory of
Armenia on the official website of the company, said the press service
of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan. The letter required to correct
the grave error and avoid similar mistakes in the future.
The response letter by the director of the company said that the
information on the site was changed and similar mistakes will not
repeat in the future.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.
Trend News Agency
Feb 8 2010
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani embassy in the United States sent a protest to the
president of the telephone company Prescient Worldwide Richard Minervin
in connection with displaying Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory of
Armenia on the official website of the company, said the press service
of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan. The letter required to correct
the grave error and avoid similar mistakes in the future.
The response letter by the director of the company said that the
information on the site was changed and similar mistakes will not
repeat in the future.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.