Internationalization of the South Caucasus is hotly debated by Russian expert circles and three former republics of soviet Transcaucasia, the Political News Agency reports.
An inscription in the languages of five nations subjected to deportation - Crimean Tatars, Armenians, Bulgarians, Greeks and Germans - will be made at the foot of the obelisk.
Karabakh "is not functioning in accord with the Azerbaijani legislation. This territory and other surrounding lands are occupied by Armenia," the Azeri MFA says.