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ARMENIAN CARTOGRAPHER OFFERS TO RETURN TO HISTORICAL NAMES
news.am, Armenia
Sept 8 2011
YEREVAN. - A considerable part of maps of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
are drawn wrongly, cartographer Grigor Beglaryan told journalists on
Thursday.
He considers that areas of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are separated
which is wrong (the territory of "security zone" outside the borders
of Nagorno-Karabakh - ed.).
There are a lot of problems while drawing the map of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The expert stressed that there are two Armenian states and there are
no "liberated" territories. These are Armenian territories, if one
uses "liberated" or "not liberated" definitions one should speak about
hundreds of thousands square miles of historical Armenian lands which
have not been liberated yet. Speaking about these lands, he mentioned
Western Armenia, regions of Turkey, not included in the definition but
populated by Armenians, Nakhchivan and territories of Eastern Armenia
up to Koura River.
According to Beglaryan, television and even textbooks sometimes
present false information.
Drawing a separate map violates the Constitution of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Cartographer offers to solve the problem by law. Beglaryan also
pointed out toponyms stressing that they are important from the
viewpoint of historical evidence of people staying in a particular
area.
news.am, Armenia
Sept 8 2011
YEREVAN. - A considerable part of maps of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
are drawn wrongly, cartographer Grigor Beglaryan told journalists on
Thursday.
He considers that areas of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are separated
which is wrong (the territory of "security zone" outside the borders
of Nagorno-Karabakh - ed.).
There are a lot of problems while drawing the map of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The expert stressed that there are two Armenian states and there are
no "liberated" territories. These are Armenian territories, if one
uses "liberated" or "not liberated" definitions one should speak about
hundreds of thousands square miles of historical Armenian lands which
have not been liberated yet. Speaking about these lands, he mentioned
Western Armenia, regions of Turkey, not included in the definition but
populated by Armenians, Nakhchivan and territories of Eastern Armenia
up to Koura River.
According to Beglaryan, television and even textbooks sometimes
present false information.
Drawing a separate map violates the Constitution of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Cartographer offers to solve the problem by law. Beglaryan also
pointed out toponyms stressing that they are important from the
viewpoint of historical evidence of people staying in a particular
area.