YAGUB MAHMUDOV: SPECIAL STATE PROGRAM SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORY IN AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
June 11 2008

Baku. Laura Jabrayilli-APA. "A special state program should be
prepared for the development of history in Azerbaijan," director
of History Institute of Azerbaijan National academy of Sciences,
MP Yagub Mahmudov said, APA reports. He said that he had appealed
to the leadership of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and
Presidential Executive Office.

"We have also raised an issue in the parliament and said that funds
should be allocated to the History Institute and history from the
budget. Armenians publish millions of copies of the books containing
false reports against Azerbaijan, and we publish 300-500 copies of
books," he said.

He underlined the necessity of defeating the enemies of Azerbaijani
people first of all in information war.

"This victory is connected with the development of history and state
of History Institute. We published our national atlas, history of
Nakhchivan and Karabakh in six volumes with great difficulties,"
he said.

Yagub Mahmudov said that the materials related to Azerbaijan’s history
in the archives of Poland, Russia and France had not been investigated
and financial assistance should be given to the History Institute
for the investigation and publication of these materials," he said.