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New Azerbaijan Party organizes presentation of â€œIravan Khanateâ€

10 February 2010 09:02 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. On Wednesday, New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) has organized the ceremony of presentation of the book â€œIravan Khanateâ€. According to APA, YAP Executive Secretary Ali Ahmadov said the book is about the Iravan Khanate which played important role in the history of South Caucasus. He said it was painful for every nation and people to lose its lands and it is more painful to forget losses. â€œAzerbaijani people donâ€™t forget the lost lands. If we donâ€™t forget, we have future. Azerbaijani youth knows it. The history of Iravan Khanate is an integral part of the rich material and spiritual cultural history of the Azerbaijani people created throughout millenniums. This book will be translated into different languages and spread over the world.

One of the book authors Yagoub Mahmoudov said current territory of Armenia was a territory of Azerbaijanâ€™s Iravan Khanate in near past â€“ early 19th century. â€œThe ancient population of these lands was Azerbaijani Turks. This book proves everything with the factsâ€.

The archive materials and pictures proving movement of Armenians to the Azerbaijani lands were demonstrated at the event.

576-page book was prepared by the Institute of History of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.