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    COMMISSION OF RUSSIA'S PUBLIC CHAMBER CONDEMNS VANDALISM IN NAKHIJEVAN

    AZG Armenian Daily
    19/05/2006

    On May 17, the commission on culture and spiritual heritage of
    Russia's Public Chamber headed by Metropolit Kliment discussed the
    alarming issue of annihilation of Armenian monuments in Nakhijevan,
    Azerbaijan, that was raised at a recent roundtable in Moscow. Despite
    UNESCO's efforts, Azerbaijani vandals destroyed the remaining 4.000
    khachkars (stone crosses) in New Jugha.

    According to Yerkramas newspaper, 27.000 Armenian monuments - churches,
    monasteries and chapels - dated 7-19 century were destroyed during the
    years of Azerbaijani rule in Nakhijevan. The state-backed vandalism
    is aimed at wiping away the Armenian trace in Nakhijevan.

    The commission unanimously condemned the vandalism in New Jugha
    as well as expressed willingness jointly with other commissions of
    the Public Chamber to inquire after the state of foreign cultural
    monuments in Azerbaijan.
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