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Embassy: Egypt's news website distorting Azerbaijan's map apologizes

Arab World Materials 23 January 2010 17:07 (UTC +04:00)
Egyptian news website Moheet.com apologized for the erroneous representation of Azerbaijan's map, the Azerbaijani embassy in Egypt said today.
Embassy: Egypt's news website distorting Azerbaijan's map apologizes

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 23 / Trend U. Sadikhova /

Egyptian news website Moheet.com apologized for the erroneous representation of Azerbaijan's map, the Azerbaijani embassy in Egypt said today.

The author said that she found Azerbaijan's map in the search system of Google, and did not know that it is distorted.

"The journalist apologized for accidentally mistake and assured that she will be more careful in such sensitive issues. The embassy will received an official letter of apology from a head of the website on Sunday," the report said.


Azerbaijan's Embassy in Cairo has send a note of protest to Egypt's Foreign Ministry, as well as the Ministry of Communications and Technologies in this regards.

Egyptian news website Moheet.com has published an article about Azerbaijan, in which Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic have been included in the territory of Armenia.

The article said about holding the Week of Egyptian cinema in Baku.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

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