AZERBAIJANI EMBASSY IN EGYPT PUBLISHES BOOK ON NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT BY GERMAN RESEARCHER IN ARABIC

APA
18 Dec 2008 11:32

Baku. Viktoriya Dementyeva – APA. Book "The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
between Armenia and Azerbaijan. A Brief Historical Outline" by German
writer and publicist Johannes Raun published in Germany a year ago
has been translated into Arabic and published on the initiative of
Azerbaijani embassy in Egypt aiming to inform the Arabic community
of Armenia’s military aggression against Azerbaijan and historical
truths about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The embassy told APA
that the presentation of the book had been held in Cairo. The embassy
realized the initiative taking into account that publication of the
book reflecting neutral position of a foreign researcher on Nagorno
Karabakh conflict will be met with interest by the Arabic community
and officials and scholars of 22 Arabic countries.

The books gives copious information about the occupation of 20 percent
of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia, the genocide committed by
Armenian Armed Forces against the Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly
on February 26, 1992, displacement of hundreds of thousands of
Azerbaijanis from the occupied territories.

The book writes that early in the 20th century Armenians, specially
"Dashnaksyutun" Party persecuted and committed terror not only against
Azerbaijanis, but it also against other nat ions living in Azerbaijan,
as well as Germans.

The copies of the book were presented to a number of Egyptian
officials, governmental and non-governmental organizations, scientific,
educational and cultural institutions, investigation and research
centers, libraries, foreign embassies and representations of
international and regional organizations in Cairo.

According to the treaty signed between Azerbaijani embassy in Egypt
and the country’s famous "Al-Ahram" agency, 1500 copies of the book
are presented to book-centers in all provinces of Egypt.