All of our historical and religious monuments in Western Azerbaijan were destroyed by Armenia. There were previously 120 monuments in those areas. However, information about more than 220 historical, cultural, and religious monuments in Western Azerbaijan has been discovered as a result of research conducted in Ottoman archives. These inquiries are ongoing. We must accept responsibility for our past. The country’s leadership’s deliberate policy gives reason to believe that we will return to Western Azerbaijan.
Rakhshanda Bayramova, Director of the Guba Genocide Memorial Complex and Doctor of Philosophy in history, expressed these opinions in an interview with AZERTAC’s regional correspondent.
According to R. Bayramova, Azerbaijan brings the voice of truth to the attention of the international community based on historical facts. As a result, Armenian attempts to rewrite history will be futile.
“West Azerbaijan is Azerbaijan’s historical homeland. When President Ilham Aliyev visited the administrative building of the West Azerbaijan Community on December 24, he stated that many historical documents and historical maps confirm that West Azerbaijan is our historical land. Recently, Azerbaijanis were expelled from their ancestral lands. There are still living witnesses to these events. Our destroyed villages can still be found in Western Azerbaijan. There are Azerbaijani cemeteries in those locations. Throughout history, Azerbaijanis have lived on the territory of modern-day Armenia. Work has now begun to bring all of this to the attention of the international community, according to Rakhshanda Bayramova.
Our compatriots living in Western Azerbaijan were illegally deported several times, according to the historian. It is now time to reestablish their rights. The glorious victory we achieved in the Patriotic War also demonstrated that mighty Azerbaijan can mobilize all of its resources to achieve the objectives set before it. The day will come when our exiles from West Azerbaijan will no longer pine for their homeland. History will be made right.
