National Geographic makes gross error related to Azerbaijan (PHOTO)

Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s integral part, has been marked separately on Azerbaijan’s map posted to National Geographic magazine’s Web site (www.nationalgeographic.com) calling into question Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. This error also contradicts UN General Assembly resolutions. The error can be accessed via this link.

Unfortunately, this is not the first case revealed by Day.Az readers. Previously we have stated on numerous occasions that some Web sites try to indicate Nagorno-Karabakh as a separate state or within Armenia “forgetting” that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan's territory as evidenced by history and approval by various experts from not only Azerbaijan but also the worldwide.

For example, German professor and expert on Caucasus Johannes Rau in his book entitled “Nagorno Karabakh in the History of Azerbaijan and Armenian Aggression against Azerbaijan” notes that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of the historical territory of Azerbaijan. In addition, the German professor proves in his book that the present Armenia has appeared in historical Azerbaijani lands.

We hope that after the publication of this article National Geographic management will take into account this fact and will soon correct the error.

Day.Az urges all its readers not to remain indifferent to the grossest error on the National Geographic Web site and write a letter of protest with the following content to the email address [email protected]:

“To the attention of the www.nationalgeographic.com editors and publishers!

Your Web site contains a serious error related to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. Azerbaijan’s map posted to your Web site describes Nagorno-Karabakh as being separate territory whereas it is an integral part of Azerbaijan.

We do not know whether the error is deliberate or accidental, but we urge you to correct the error as soon as possible. Such errors can have a negative impact on your Web site’s image. We hope the error is not deliberate.

We urge you to correct the error and indicate Nagorno-Karabakh as being integral part of Azerbaijan.

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/Day.Az/

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