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Baku, Azerbaijan, March 19
Trend:
A big part of the territory of present-day Armenia is the historical Azerbaijani land, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said.
"There are numerous books, maps, confirming this," he said addressing the nationwide festivities on the occasion of Novruz, the Azerbaijani national holiday, in Baku March 19.
"On those maps, the absolute majority of toponyms on the territory of today’s Armenia are of Azerbaijani origin," President Aliyev said.
He said historical books point out that at the beginning of the 19th century, the absolute majority of the Irevan Khanate’s population, more precisely 80 percent, was Azerbaijanis.
“This is history, historical reality. Let those, who do not know about this, know this; and most importantly, the Azerbaijani youth should know this. They should know that a big part of the territory of present-day Armenia is the historical land of Azerbaijan. We never forget this and will not forget,” the president added.