Azerbaijani authorities continue to advance their version of history according to which the Christian Armenian monuments of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and other regions of the country are, first and foremost, Georgian and “Caucasian Albanian” heritage. Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant of the president of Azerbaijan and head of foreign policy affairs department of the presidential administration, made another statement on this topic.

At the Arab Media Forum in Dubai, Hajiyev spoke about the “ancient Kingdom of Caucasian Albania and its rich Christian heritage,” whose footprint, according to him, is “particularly significant” in Artsakh and other regions of Azerbaijan.

“I spoke about the ancient Kingdom of Caucasian Albania and its rich Christian heritage, whose enduring and particularly significant footprint can be seen in Karabakh and other parts of Azerbaijan,” Hajiyev wrote on X.

Also, the Azerbaijani official declared the need to safeguard “historical truth” and preserve cultural heritage, regardless of its origin and religious affiliation.

And this is where the obvious contradiction arises: while speaking about safeguarding “historical truth,” Azerbaijan consistently promotes an interpretation that redefines a huge part of the Armenian Christian heritage of Artsakh as wholly “Caucasian Albanian.”