YEREVAN. – Azerbaijani customs officers confiscated from an Azerbaijani the book entitled Artsakh [i.e., Nagorno-Karabakh] Diary: Green and Black, which is written by Armenian journalist Tatul Hakobyan.  

According to official statement, the book was seized “for being printed in Armenia,” the Azerbaijani media report.

The customs officers were convinced neither by the Azerbaijani’s journalistic license nor his arguments that the adversary’s propaganda should be studied, and they responded: “The whole world is already aware [of this].”

Hakobyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that he learned about this incident from Facebook. The journalist informed that the presentation of his new English-language book, titled Armenians and Turks, was held on June 7 in Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi. Azerbaijanis Sahin Rzayev and Avaz Hasanov likewise attended the event and bought the Armenian journalist’s book. In addition, Rzayev purchased Tatul Hakobyan’s previous book, Artsakh Diary: Green and Black, and asked for an autograph.            

The Azerbaijani customs officers, however, took possession of this book.