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ARMENIA TO SEEK INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN MONUMENTS IN AZERBAIJAN
Armenpress
Jan 09 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, ARMENPRESS: Foreign minister Vartan Oskanian said
today one of the foreign policy priorities this year will be to seek
international condemnation of destruction of Armenian monuments,
particularly, of a medieval cemetery in neighboring Azerbaijan's
exclave Nakhichevan.
The government launched last year a traveling photo exhibition of
destruction of monuments at this ethnic Armenian cemetery.
The monuments in question are intricate stone-carved crosses in the
cemetery at Jugha - alternately known as Julfa - in Nakhichevan,
an exclave wedged between Armenia and Iran and Turkey.
Azerbaijani soldiers have systematically destroyed the crosses. Photos
supporting the claim were shown in Strasbourg, France, and will be
moved to a new city every two months.
Oskanian said today Armenian diplomats will work to have the Council
of Europe, UNESCO and other international organizations to condemn
this barbaric acts.
Armenpress
Jan 09 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 9, ARMENPRESS: Foreign minister Vartan Oskanian said
today one of the foreign policy priorities this year will be to seek
international condemnation of destruction of Armenian monuments,
particularly, of a medieval cemetery in neighboring Azerbaijan's
exclave Nakhichevan.
The government launched last year a traveling photo exhibition of
destruction of monuments at this ethnic Armenian cemetery.
The monuments in question are intricate stone-carved crosses in the
cemetery at Jugha - alternately known as Julfa - in Nakhichevan,
an exclave wedged between Armenia and Iran and Turkey.
Azerbaijani soldiers have systematically destroyed the crosses. Photos
supporting the claim were shown in Strasbourg, France, and will be
moved to a new city every two months.
Oskanian said today Armenian diplomats will work to have the Council
of Europe, UNESCO and other international organizations to condemn
this barbaric acts.