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BAKU – A book entitled ``Goris-2010: Season of the Theater of the Absurd`` by Azerbaijani Presidential Administration chief, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Ramiz Mehdiyev, has been published in English and Russian in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

The author lambasted in an ironic manner the ``historical arguments`` the incumbent Armenian president refers to.

According to Mehdiyev, the Armenian president neglects international trends and some statutory acts reaffirming the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the Nagorno Karabakh region`s belonging to Azerbaijan and the need for Armenia to pull out of the occupied territories so that Azerbaijani IDPs could return to their homes.

The book is a timely and worthy response to failed attempts of the ungifted speechwriters of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. It features historical facts and important arguments. It contains the ancient and modern maps of Azerbaijan, proving that the Armenian state was established on the indigenous Azerbaijani lands. The book is of great interest to historians, political scientists, experts in international relations and ordinary readers.

``The broad audience reading ``Goris-2010: Season of the Theater of the Absurd`` will see that the statements made by the Armenian president in Goris are unthinkable lies and falsifications,`` the National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) President Mahmud Karimov said at the presentation. In his recent article with the same title, Mehdiyev responds to Sargsyan`s recent disclosure of ``new discoveries``, referring to irrefutable historical facts, Karimov said.

Mehdiyev`s article was republished by the East-West Publishing House with additional material. The book cites a myriad of historical and factual sources and maps from the ancient and contemporary periods. This increases the scientific value of the book as a reliable source for the readers, Karimov said.

According to the ANAS president, the book offers evidence that the Armenian people are alien not only to the South Caucasus, but rather to all of Asia Minor.

Karimov noted that the book highlights the scientific methods used by Armenia to rename places bearing Azerbaijani names.

``The book states that the area where present-day Armenia is located was once Azerbaijan`s,`` he said.

ANAS History Institute Director Yagub Mahmudov said the book is a new beginning in the fight against the Armenian propaganda.

ANAS Oriental Studies Institute Director Govhar Bakhshaliyeva said Mehdiyev`s book is abundant with references to reliable historical sources.

Mehdiyev`s book is of vital importance not only in terms of its response to Armenian duplicity, but also in terms of the author`s reflections on historical facts, his analysis of the causes and consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and his insight into the political developments that have taken place in the region over the past 200 years.

The book is a must-read for political scientists and Caucasus scholars, and, in particular, conflict experts in different regions of the world. The work refers to numerous scientific sources - from Herodotus to Strabon - and also closely acquaints readers with the OSCE Minsk Group, which is brokering talks on settling the Karabakh conflict.

Mehdiyev noted that Sargsyan, whose legitimacy as a president is currently being questioned even by the Armenian public, made harsh statements at the Goris Theater, which reflect his low level of personal culture and education.

Mehdiyev rightly sees similarities between Sargsyan`s ambiguous statements and the statements by the leaders of the Third Reich. Drawing a parallel, he writes that 70 years ago, similar statements were made about the superiority of the Aryan race by German scientists and the leader of the Third Reich. Everyone knows that talk about the superiority of one nation over another lead to grave misfortune, he writes. Unfortunately, the leaders of today`s Armenia are taking their people in the same disastrous direction and have not learned their lessons from recent history, Mehdiyev concludes.