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The Azerbaijani-occupied areas of Artsakh will suffer the same fate as Nakhichevan, if Armenians do not prevent it, expert on Azerbaijani studies Anzhela Elibegova said on Facebook on Thursday.

“The occupied territories of Artsakh will suffer the same fate as Nakhichevan, if we don't stop it. Our traces in those areas will be erased, the history will be edited, while you will be convinced that you have nothing to do with your historical lands,” she wrote.

The expert warned that Azerbaijan will commit “historical and cultural genocide” in those territories.

“Whatever they cannot destroy, they will say that it is Albanian or belongs to the Udins. They will rapidly destroy whatever can be secretly ruined and eliminated. Then you will have to again apply to the UNESCO and similar organizations, remind about the khachkars in Jugha (Old Julfa) and try to prove ...

“History has a tendency to repeat itself and the handwriting of the enemy does not change. If you hope that they want peaceful coexistence with you, you are either a fool or a traitor,” Elibegova said.