ARIF MAMMEDOV: “MISTAKE AT THE EU COMISSION WEBSITE FIXED”

Today, Azerbaijan
March 29 2006

Mistake at the EU Comission website, where Nagorno Karabakh was shown
as an Armenian territory, is fixed, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Benelux
and EU countries, Arif Mammedov told.

After the tough reaction from the Azerbaijani side, EU Comission
representatives have admitted the mistake committed by some of its
employees, he said. Admittedly, mistakes on the map were committed
not only towards the Azerbaijani territory but also the Balkan states
and the Palestinian autonomy.

“Literally 1, 5-2 hours from our demand these maps will be taken off
the website. They have apologized and promised to investigate the
issue. This employee will be probably punished or fired,” Mammedov
said, adding that all maps were taken for the revisal from the website.

An appeal was send to the EU General Directorate on international
relations considering the fact that EU Comission website’s on energy
Gas section showing the pipeline route depicted Nagorno Karabakh,
adjacent regions and Nakhcivan as an Armenian territory, Trend reports.

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TREN D Information, Azerbaijan March 29 2006

Arif Mammedov: Mistake at the EU EuroComission website fixed

Source: Trend Author: E. Huseynov

29.03.2006

Mistake at the EU EuroComission website, where Nagorno-Karabakh was
showed as an Armenian territory, is fixed, Azerbaijani ambassador to
Benelux and EU countries, Arif Mammedov told Trend.

After the tough reaction from the Azerbaijani side, EU EuroComission
representatives have admitted the mistake committed by some of its
employees, he said. Admittedly, mistakes on the map were committed
not only towards the Azerbaijani territory but also the Balkan states
and the Palestinian autonomy.

“Literally 1, 5-2 hours from our demand these maps will be taken off
the website

. They have apologized and promised to investigate the issue. This
employee will be probably punished or fired,” Mammedov said, adding
that all maps were taken for the revisal from the website.

An appeal was send to the EU General Directorate on international
relations considering the fact that EU EuroComission website`
s on energy Gas section showing the pipeline route depicted
Nagorno-Karabakh, adjacent regions and Nakhcivan as an Armenian
territory.