Baku sends protest note to Latvia
Azerbaijan sent a protest note to the Latvian Foreign Ministry in connection with incorrect information over the occupied territories of the country in a Latvian textbook for secondary schools.
Ambassador to Latvia Elman Zeynalov conveyed Baku's dissatisfaction to the leadership of the Foreign Ministry regarding this mistake, the embassy in Latvia told Trend Agency.
"Nagorno-Karabakh is specified as a part of Azerbaijan in the 'New World Geography' textbook, but we are concerned about the fact it is marked on the map with the flag of the separatist regime," Zeynalov earlier told Trend commenting on the textbook mistake.
He believes that this is the result of the actions of those hostile to Azerbaijan. Zeynalov added that the diplomatic representation of the country is currently conducting serious work to correct the mistake.
Zeynalov also pointed out that there are mistakes over the territories of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria in this edition.
"Work to correct these mistakes is also being conducted in the framework of GUAM which includes Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova and in particular by the ambassadors of the GUAM countries in Latvia," Zeynalov added.
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994 but Armenia continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France and the US have produced no results so far.