"About 30,000 ethnic Armenians are living in Azerbaijan today"

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elkhan Polukhov denied reports of Armenian newspapers which claimed that Baku protested appointment of Irakly Kavtaradze as a Georgian ambassador to Azerbaijan because of his Armenian roots.

The diplomat said that relevant procedures are carried out in connection with the appointment.

“But unfortunately Armenian press interpreted it in a different way and tried to link it with the ethnic intolerance. Everyone should know that Azerbaijan is a multinational state and all ethnic minorities living in Azerbaijan wnjoy equal rights with other citizens of the country. Armenia should take it into consideration that today about 30,000 ethnic Armenians are living in Azerbaijan as  citizens of this country."


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