New book on Azerbaijan published in Los Angeles [PHOTO]
By Trend
The Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles has published
a book on Azerbaijan in English in order to further convey the
truth of Azerbaijan to the US public, the Consulate General told
Trend.
The 120-page book, entitled "Azerbaijan - Everlasting Heritage,
Inspirational Harmony", includes information on the geography,
natural resources, ancient history, rich culture and art,
traditions of strong ethnic and religious tolerance, the state
structure and foreign policy, rapid economic development, tourism
potential of Azerbaijan, ADA University, “ASAN Service” and other
issues. Colorful pictures of Baku and other beautiful regions of
Azerbaijan adorn various sections of the book.
The section of the book, titled “Illegal Occupation of Azerbaijan’s
territory” informs the readers about the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict. Speaking about the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh
region, the book highlights the fact that this historic region of
Azerbaijan has been part of many different Azerbaijani states
throughout the history.
Touching on the division of Azerbaijan between regional powers in the beginning of the 19th century, the publication stresses that as a result of the infamous Kurekchay and Turkmenchay treaties “an estimated 200,000 Armenians left Persia and the Ottoman Empire, and migrated primarily to Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabakh.” “30,000 Armenians settled in Karabakh alone, increasing their share of the population from 8.4% to an estimated 34.8%.
In Yerevan, the proportion seemed to have increased from 24% to 53.8%. In return 35,000 of the 117,000 Azerbaijanis who once lived in Yerevan and Karabakh were compelled to flee,” the book notes.
Speaking about the illegal military occupation and ethnic
cleansing of around 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally
recognized sovereign territory by Armenia in the early 1990s, the
publication says: “The United Nations unanimously condemned the
occupation of Azerbaijani territory, and in 1993 the Security
Council passed four resolutions (Nos. 822, 853, 874, 884) demanding
the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all Armenian forces
from the occupied areas of Azerbaijan. Armenia, however, ignored
these resolutions, and the UN Security Council did nothing to
enforce compliance. Armenia also ignored resolutions of the
European Parliament as well as the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe, which condemned the occupation and ethnic
cleansing.”
The book also draws attention to the many atrocities carried out by
Armenian troops against Azerbaijani civilians in the course of
armed conflict, including the Khojaly Genocide of 1992, when the
Armenian army massacred over 600 Azerbaijani civilians that also
included around 300 children, women and elderly. In this regard, it
is noted that as a result of the ‘Justice for Khojaly’ campaign,
led by Ms Leyla Aliyeva, the public awareness about Khojaly has
been increasing in the world, including in the US.
The Consulate General plans to distribute this booklet among US
Congresspersons, state elected officials from California and other
states of the Western US, mass media, academic circles,
universities, libraries etc.
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