Albanian (NDLT Caucasus) does not mean Azerbaijani.

Yes, for centuries, Artsakh Utik provinces of Greater Armenia were part of the Albanian church. This church included both a number of Christian ethnicities on the left bank of the Koura (of which only a part of the Oudis remain Christians today) and Armenians on the right bank of the Koura, represented by Artsakh and Utik. And precisely to characterize the structure of the church, Artsakh and Utik were called Aghvank (Albanian).

Armenians have been the propagators of civilizational impetus in Albania of the Caucasus, those who, the former, introduced Christianity to the Caucasus, the creators of the Albanian alphabet, their friend who shared their fate in history. There has never been a people in the history of the region that have played a cultural and civilizational role for Albanian ethnicities as Armenians.

Unfortunately, Armenology has flouted a little in its reaction to the false theories created by Azerbaijan, which consist of considering Azerbaijanis as the descendents of Albanians. Absolute lie. The various Arab, seldjoukid and Turkish predatory tribes have simply wiped out everything Albanian and Armenian, just like Azerbaijanis do today.

The Catholicosate of Albania lasted until the nineteenth century; its true heirs throughout the region are Armenians of Artsakh and Utik, as well as the Oudis in the Transcaucasian region. Our Udis brothers, who shared with Armenians the sad fate reserved for Christians, would do well to continue praying in the transkurian shrines (beyond the Kura River) they received inheritance, not to give in to Azerbaijani speculation and not to break age-old friendship and solidarity.

There is no trace of Albanians or ethnic Udi on the thousands of famous Christian monuments in Artsakh, Utik, from its creation to the present day. There is not a single letter in Albanian. Armenian monuments, however, exist with thousands of Armenian inscriptions.

(For English translation I am grateful to Hilda Tchoboian).