The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan calls on the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, temporarily deployed in the territory of Azerbaijan, in its messages to correctly indicate the names of Azerbaijani settlements. This is stated in the statement of the Azerbaijani military department.
“We are regrettable that in the official data of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation, published on the official Internet page of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the names of our settlements are again noted by fictional Armenian toponyms. So, in the official information of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation of November 25, 2022 years of patrol route is indicated as Mardakert and Martuni.
Azerbaijani Military Department brings to the attention of the Russian side that the official names of the Azerbaijani settlements, which they call “Mardakert” and “Martuni” – Agder and Khojavend.
Note that on the eve of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, it also brought to the attention of the Russian side that the official name of the Azerbaijani village, which on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense is indicated as the “Magavuz” of Chardysly.