Baku once again urges Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh to use Azerbaijani toponyms
"We call on the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent temporarily deployed on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan to indicate in the relevant information the names of settlements on the territory of the country with the correct toponyms," Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said in a statement.
"We regretfully reiterate that in the official information of the Russian Federation’s peacekeeping contingent, the names of Azerbaijani territories are still mentioned with fictitious Armenian toponyms," the ministry noted, according to Caliber.Az.
"The disdainful attitude towards the repeated appeals to stop using inaccurate expressions is not entirely clear.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan persistently declares once again that the incorrect mention of the names of Azerbaijani settlements, as well as the usage of the 'Nagorno-Karabakh territory' expression, is INADMISSIBLE.
We remind that in the official information of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation dated 02.12.2022, published on the official website of the Ministry of Defenсe of the Russian Federation, the territory referred to as 'Nagorno-Karabakh territory' is the Karabakh economic region, and the official names of Azerbaijani settlements named as 'Mardakert' and 'Martuni' are AGHDARA and KHOJAVAND, respectively.” the ministry stressed.