AZERBAIJAN’S RULING PARTY PRESENTS BOOK ON RESETTLEMENT OF ARMENIANS IN AZERBAIJANI LANDS
Today
Feb 11 2010
Azerbaijan
The book titled "Irevan Khanate. Russian occupation and resettlement
of Armenians in Azerbaijani lands" was presented by the New Azerbaijan
Party (YAP) on Feb. 10.
Opening the event, YAP Deputy Chairman, Executive Secretary Ali Ahmadov
said the book narrates on one of Azerbaijani states – Irevan khanate –
which played an important role in the history of the South Caucasus.
Director of the History Institute, one of book’s authors, Yagub
Mahmudov told of the historical importance of the book.
"We prove in the book that Armenians are resetllers in the South
Caucasus. They were resettled here by the Czarist Russia in 1828,"
Mahmudov emphasized.
The book featured pictures and other facts proving the resettlement
of Armenians from Iran and Turkey.
"The book prepared by the Institute of History on the instructions of
the Azerbaijani President will be translated into English and Russian
and spread worldwide," Ali Ahmadov stated.