The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan on Saturday, December 3, once again addressed the leadership of the Russian peacekeeping contingent not to distort the names of settlements in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
The statement, in particular, states: “It causes a sense of regret that, despite numerous appeals, the names of the Azerbaijani territories are still indicated by fictional Armenian toponyms in the official messages of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. We remind you once again that the personal list and map of settlements The Karabakh Economic District of Azerbaijan, corresponding to the Azerbaijani toponyms, was officially sent to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the previous and current command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, temporarily deployed in Azerbaijan, as well as in the Turkish-Russian joint monitoring center. “
Azerbaijani Military Department calls on the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to indicate in its statements the name of the Azerbaijani settlements in accordance with the Azerbaijani side sent by official documents and cards.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has once again reminds the Russian peacekeeping contingent that the territory indicated in the official message of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation of December 3, 2022, published on the official Internet page of the Russian Ministry of Defense, as the “territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh” is the Karabakh economic the district, and the official names of the Azerbaijani settlements, designated as “Mardakert” and “Martuni”, – Agerer and Khojavend, respectively.