Azerbaijan requested Google to remove historical Armenian toponyms from Artsakh map

Panorama, Armenia

Dec 23 2021

The Azerbaijani foreign ministry has reached out to Google through diplomatic channels and requested to remove the historical Armenian toponyms from the Artsakh Republic map, the country's MFA Spokesperson has told local media.

According to reports, the request concerns the geographic names of settlements in Artsakh territories which have been taken control by Azerbaijani forces during the third Nagorno-Karabakh war.

To note, Google Maps, which is a user generated platform, currently displays the names of settlements in both Armenian and Azerbaijani languages.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS