Azerbaijan is changing the procedure for restoring documents registered in Armenia. In particular, it is with respect to place names.

When records of civil status acts developed in Armenia are restored, names of places will from now on be written in accordance with Azerbaijan's historical toponyms by taking into consideration recommendations of Azerbaijan's National Academy of Sciences; this has been reflected in the relevant decision of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers, APA reports.

According to the decision, if it is impossible to obtain the record of the act of civil status developed in a foreign country or the information about its existence, the Azerbaijani registration departments or consular offices restore the record of the act and issue the relevant certificate. Azerbaijani registration departments or consular offices send information about the restoration of the act record of civil status to the registration body where the original act record is—but with the exception of Armenia.