AZG Armenian Daily #205, 27/10/2006

Neighbors

AZERBAIJAN EXPRESSES DISSATISFACTION ABOUT PHOTOS OF
OBJECTS MADE FROM THE OUTER SPACE BY GOOGLE

Russia, Turkey, China and Australia expressed their
dissatisfaction to Google internet search engine for
its initiatives that concerned uploading the photos of
various countries made from the outer space. According
to the Azeri printed media, Tair Taghizade, the Press
Secretary of the Azeri Foreign Ministry, also
expressed dissatisfaction about the fact that some of
the Azeri territories were included in the Google
maps. In particular, the photos depict the clear view
of not only Baku’s streets and construction objects,
but also similar objects in Nagorno Karabakh and its
neighboring territories. Taghizade stated that such
photos may be dangerous from the viewpoint of national
security.