ARMENIAN HISTORIAN USED WORD ‘TURKS’ MEANING AZERBAIJANIS

ArmInfo
2009-06-02 13:58:00

Ashot Melkonyan, Director of History Institute at the Armenian
National Academy of Science, has recently used the word ‘Turks’
at a press conference meaning Azerbaijanis. Melkonyan told ArmInfo
that the agency confused Azerbaijanis with Turks and created an
unpleasant situation. To recall, on May 27 Melkonyan said at a press
conference that in case Azerbaijani Armed Forces attack Armenia
from the direction of Nakhijevan, Russian frontiers will drop to
the rear up to Artashat. This information, Melkonyan said, is based
on relevant statements of Russian officers he met personally. The
historian said officers did not speak of Turks. ArmInfo refrains from
apologies for incorrect interpretation since it is not sure that the
historian used the word ‘Azerbaijanis’ and not ‘Turks’ especially
that historian-scientists not professionals in the international
policy often use these words as synonyms.