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Interfax, Russia
May 11 2012
Armenia established in historical territory of Azerbaijan - Aliyev aide
BAKU. May 11
A member of the administration of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev,
political analyst Fuad Ahundov claims that Armenians are not
indigenous inhabitants of the South Caucasus.
"Despite the attempts of Armenian scholars to prove that Armenians are
an autochthonous people in the South Caucasus, all historical facts
indicate that they came from elsewhere and formed their state in the
historical lands of Azerbaijan," section head of the political
department of the administration Ahundov said.
"So-called Armenian history is based not on historical facts but on
falsifications," he said at the Interfax press center in Baku at the
presentation of the first volume of his book 'Destroyers of
Falsifications' in Russian and the video 'A Country that did not
exist... Armenia in the Caucasus?'
He said that the massive migration of Armenians to the South Caucasus
began in 1828 from Iran's Maragheh.
Ahundov said that with the purpose of seizing the lands where the
Republic of Armenia is now located in the middle of the 20th century
Armenians destroyed the historical center of Yerevan which used to be
the capital of the medieval Erivan Khanate. "One day Azeris gave
Armenians lands of the Erivan Khanate and several others for the
establishment of their state. And instead of being grateful for that
they are now claiming Nagorno Karabakh and other Azeri lands. However,
today Azerbaijan is a powerful state, the strongest in the South
Caucasus and it will not permit anyone to take away a single patch of
its land," the presidential aide said.
Ahundov recalled the announcement of the Chairman of the State
Committee for the Real Estate Cadastre of Armenia Manuk Vardanian
about the continuation of the change of names of towns and villages
having Turkish roots. "In his report he noted that in 2006 alone 57
towns and villages with Azeri names were changed to Armenian and in
2007 - 21 towns and villages.
Meanwhile, after the collapse of the USSR Azerbaijan simply returned
the ancient name of Ganja to the city of Kirovabad," the official
said.
He noted that in his book all conclusions of Armenian historians are
refuted only by foreign scholars, politicians, writers and public
figures.
Ahundov said that he is now working on the second volume of his book.
ml jv
May 11 2012
Armenia established in historical territory of Azerbaijan - Aliyev aide
BAKU. May 11
A member of the administration of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev,
political analyst Fuad Ahundov claims that Armenians are not
indigenous inhabitants of the South Caucasus.
"Despite the attempts of Armenian scholars to prove that Armenians are
an autochthonous people in the South Caucasus, all historical facts
indicate that they came from elsewhere and formed their state in the
historical lands of Azerbaijan," section head of the political
department of the administration Ahundov said.
"So-called Armenian history is based not on historical facts but on
falsifications," he said at the Interfax press center in Baku at the
presentation of the first volume of his book 'Destroyers of
Falsifications' in Russian and the video 'A Country that did not
exist... Armenia in the Caucasus?'
He said that the massive migration of Armenians to the South Caucasus
began in 1828 from Iran's Maragheh.
Ahundov said that with the purpose of seizing the lands where the
Republic of Armenia is now located in the middle of the 20th century
Armenians destroyed the historical center of Yerevan which used to be
the capital of the medieval Erivan Khanate. "One day Azeris gave
Armenians lands of the Erivan Khanate and several others for the
establishment of their state. And instead of being grateful for that
they are now claiming Nagorno Karabakh and other Azeri lands. However,
today Azerbaijan is a powerful state, the strongest in the South
Caucasus and it will not permit anyone to take away a single patch of
its land," the presidential aide said.
Ahundov recalled the announcement of the Chairman of the State
Committee for the Real Estate Cadastre of Armenia Manuk Vardanian
about the continuation of the change of names of towns and villages
having Turkish roots. "In his report he noted that in 2006 alone 57
towns and villages with Azeri names were changed to Armenian and in
2007 - 21 towns and villages.
Meanwhile, after the collapse of the USSR Azerbaijan simply returned
the ancient name of Ganja to the city of Kirovabad," the official
said.
He noted that in his book all conclusions of Armenian historians are
refuted only by foreign scholars, politicians, writers and public
figures.
Ahundov said that he is now working on the second volume of his book.
ml jv