BBC shows Nagorno-Karabakh separate from Azerbaijan – Photo

The page with a brief information about Azerbaijan also includes country’s map where Nagorno-Karabakh has clearly marked borders.

The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is clearly marked creating an impression that it is a separate state, but not an integral and inalienable part of Azerbaijan.

For comparison, on English version of the same Web site only boundaries of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh have been marked as if to show exactly where a zone of conflict is.

English version



Russian version



Admittedly,  Russian version of the Web site is not correct and needs correction. Especially given that the Russian Web site was last updated in 2008, the wrong map must be immediately replaced.

We urge our readers to express their protest against the error on this Web site.

Sample letter in English:

To the attention of the BBC News Russian version editors!

The page http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/in_depth/newsid_3231000/3231888.stm includes a wrong map of the Azerbaijan Republic where Nagorno-Karabakh has been marked as in case of a separate state while this territory is an integral part of Azerbaijan.

We urge you to correct the error as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance.

Day.Az