RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RECEIVES SECOND NOTE OF PROTEST IN AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN OFFICE

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 1 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku/ Trend , corr. P/ Amirdjanov/ Vasiliy Istratov,
Russia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan has been called to come to the
Azerbaijan Foreign Office due to the fact of distortion of the
Azerbaijani history in the known Russian Encyclopedia. Particularly,
Nagorno-Karabakh was indicated in this publication as "independent
Armenian state"., Trend reports referring to the National AzTV Channel.

There was a half-an-hour talk with Mr. Istratov in the Foreign Ofice
of the State, where a note of protest were presented to the Russian
diplomat.

Mr. Istratov said that he had been wel-informed about the matter by
adding that he would verify this piece of information.

Araz Azimov, the Deputy Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister, confirmed the
information about the publication, after which a note of protest
were presented to the Russian Ambassador. "The repetition of such
facts is very unpleasant to us, therefore we would like to express
our discontent to the Russian party due to the mentioned fact,"
added Mr. Azimov.