BAKU NOT SKIMP IN DISTORTING ARMENIAN HISTORY

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.07.2009 17:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Since Soviet times Azerbaijan leads the anti-Armenian
propaganda and distort the history. In recent years, the distortion of
historical facts and strengthening the anti-Armenian propaganda became
a huge scale, since for poisoning the consciousness of Azerbaijan’s
people Baku makes major investments, Ruben Galichian, the Honorary
Consul of Armenia in London in 1992-2000, author of books on the
history and cartography, said.

"At present, the Azerbaijani side publishes books and articles in
English language with anti-Armenian content and presents them free
to well-known universities, libraries and public entities around the
world. The Armenian side has not taken any steps to stop the process
of misrepresentation. Time passes and the libraries of the world will
exhibit only book representing interests and approaches of Azerbaijan.

Ruben Galichian has decided to publish his book "Imaginary History of
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan and Armenia, Myths and Facts". "In my book, I
touched upon the history of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1918, gave
the historical arguments that define what is Agvank and Azerbaijan
(Caucasian Albania).

According to him, Baku does not hesitate to misappropriate Armenian
Churches, allegedly saying that they were built by the Albanians, who
allegedly were their ancestors. With all this, Ruben Galichian stressed
that today there are many scientific studies showing that the Armenians
have lived in Nagorno-Karabakh for more than 4 thousand years.

In the book the author has presented the facts and photographs
testifying destruction of Armenian churches and monuments in the
territory of today’s Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan, destruction of
Armenian cross stones (khachkars) in Old Djugha and Armenian cemetery
in Baku. "Today, Armenia inform the international community about
the policy of Azerbaijan, appeal to international courts to protect
its cultural heritage and to suspend the distortion of the Armenian
history by Baku," Ruben Galichian emphasized.