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WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHES ONE-SIDED ARTICLE ON KARABAKH
news.az
July 7 2011
Azerbaijan
The Washington Post has published an article on the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, giving only the Karabakhi Armenian perspective.
The newspaper's Moscow correspondent, Will Englund, wrote the article
on the basis of a visit to the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh,
occupied by Armenian troops.
Throughout the article he uses Armenian terms, including the Soviet-era
name for the capital, Stepanakert, rather than its restored historic
name, Khankandi, and the Armenian name for Karabakh, Artsakh.
The correspondent unquestioningly cites what he was told by the
Karabakh Armenians.
"It is a de facto republic, with close ties to neighboring Armenia
but a firm sense of independence. Karabakh today is a prickly place,
immensely proud of its victory over Azerbaijan," Engelund writes,
making no mention of the fact that the firmly independent Karabakh
is defended by troops from the Republic of Armenia.
He quotes Karabakhis as saying that Karabakh is historic Armenian
land, with no mention made of the Azerbaijani khanate of Karabakh
or Imperial Russia's resettlement of Armenians in Karabakh and other
parts of Azerbaijan in the 19th century.
news.az
July 7 2011
Azerbaijan
The Washington Post has published an article on the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, giving only the Karabakhi Armenian perspective.
The newspaper's Moscow correspondent, Will Englund, wrote the article
on the basis of a visit to the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh,
occupied by Armenian troops.
Throughout the article he uses Armenian terms, including the Soviet-era
name for the capital, Stepanakert, rather than its restored historic
name, Khankandi, and the Armenian name for Karabakh, Artsakh.
The correspondent unquestioningly cites what he was told by the
Karabakh Armenians.
"It is a de facto republic, with close ties to neighboring Armenia
but a firm sense of independence. Karabakh today is a prickly place,
immensely proud of its victory over Azerbaijan," Engelund writes,
making no mention of the fact that the firmly independent Karabakh
is defended by troops from the Republic of Armenia.
He quotes Karabakhis as saying that Karabakh is historic Armenian
land, with no mention made of the Azerbaijani khanate of Karabakh
or Imperial Russia's resettlement of Armenians in Karabakh and other
parts of Azerbaijan in the 19th century.