Steps are taken to eliminate distortion of geographical names of Azerbaijan on "Google maps"

Baku/23.12.21/Turan: Through the official channels Azerbaijan raised a question with "Google" due to the distortion of"Google maps"annex of  geographical names in the Karabakh region of the country.

Thus, along with the indication of official names in Azeri the annex also publishes falsified names in the Armenian language.

Google was sent a list of the toponyms of Azerbaijan due to the distortion of territorial names of the country, the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijasn said.

Besides, a national report drawn up by the Ministry of Ecology of Azerbaijan was sent to the annual session of the UN Expert Group on geographical names.

The report contains a list of 4,589 settlements of the country in Azeri, English and Russian languages with official standardized names. 

Also, the list covers 125 geographic locations whose names were distorted due to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

The FMA also points out that the Google maps platform operates on the principle of individual references and approaches.

In this respect, it is important to address the citizens of Azerbaijan and the country's NGOs to the company.

The FMA points out that this question is in the center of attention and measures are taken to eliminate distortions. -05D-