Azerbaijan claims Armenian, Iranian territories

January 19, 2009 - 17:49 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azeri community of Sweden posted on its website "a geographical map of modern Azerbaijan" which includes Azerbaijan (within the Azeri SSR borders), Western Azerbaijan (Armenia) and Northern Azerbaijan (Atrpatakan Iranian province or Southern Azerbaijan).



The map guideline says that these territories belong to Azerbaijan, according to the Treaties of Gyulistan and Turkmanchai signed between the Russian and Persian Empires.



It's worth mentioning that the website is available in the Azeri and Swedish languages.



According to www.armenica.org editor-in-chief Vahagn Avedian, the website contains information about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the problem of "Southern Azerbaijan" and circulates letters and statements in the Swedish parliament to attract MPs' attention to these issues.
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