Azerbaijani Spy Uncovered and Expelled from Armenia

The National Security Service has shared a photo of a document on its Facebook page titled "Azerbaijani Spy Uncovered and Expelled from Armenia."
In the spring of 1919, a nationalist so-called "diplomat" named Khan Tekinski was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia. Even during the years of the First Republic, Baku was making efforts to undermine Armenia from within and to weaken the foundations of its statehood. From the very first day of his arrival in Yerevan, security agencies were monitoring the "diplomat," decrypting and analyzing the contents of his coded telegrams. It was evident that Tekinski, taking advantage of diplomatic immunity, was engaged in espionage, providing information on various sectors, including the structure and armament of the Armenian army.
In his memoirs, Simon Vratsyan writes: "Azerbaijan was making great efforts to explode Armenia from within, particularly in March 1919, when it sent one of its fervent pan-Turkist figures, Khan Tekinski, to Yerevan as a diplomatic representative, appointing him to organize Muslim riots in Armenia." Tekinski obstructed the unification of Sharur and Nakhchivan with Armenia in every possible way and informed his government about the geopolitical and military situation in the southern and other regions through coded telegrams. He maintained secret communications with local Tatars, inciting them to rebellion.
A considerable part of the secret correspondence focused on the Armenian armed forces, detailing the gathered intelligence on troop numbers, types of forces, armament, and other key issues. Following the spy and studying his activities, the government of Armenia demanded that Azerbaijan recall its so-called diplomat," the Facebook post reads.