President of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Radik Martirosyan said that Azerbaijan’s infringement upon Armenian history and culture has started since the Soviet times.

“Armenia has always treated these matters from the scientific perspective and never given an adequate response, expecting dissemination of true information by honest scientists,” Martirosyan said during the RA Defense Ministry-hosted scientific conference, entitled “History and Culture: against Falsification and Infringement.”

He attached importance to publication of such books, as “History and Culture: against Falsification and Infringement.” According Martirosyan, they should be published in both Armenian and foreign languages.

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan awarded the President of the RA NAS with Garegin Nzhdeh medal on the occasion of Martirosyan’s 75th birth anniversary.