RA FM URGED UNESCO TO CONDEMN DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN MONUMENTS IN NAKHIJEVAN BY AZERBAIJAN
DeFacto Agency
April 23 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 23.04.08. DE FACTO. The RA FM Edvard Nalbandian urged the
UNESCO to undertake measures on condemnation of cultural terror
committed by Azerbaijan against Armenian monuments of Jugha.
April 22, in the course of a meeting with Koichiro Matsuura, the
Director-General of UNESCO, Edvard Nalbandian expressed deep concern
over intentional destruction of Armenian khachkars (cross-stones)
in Nakhijevan by Azeri authorities. The RA FM again drew Koichiro
Matsuura's attention to the necessity of UNESCO's interfering and
promoting protection of Armenian cultural and historic values situated
outside the borders of the Republic of Armenia.
DeFacto Agency
April 23 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, 23.04.08. DE FACTO. The RA FM Edvard Nalbandian urged the
UNESCO to undertake measures on condemnation of cultural terror
committed by Azerbaijan against Armenian monuments of Jugha.
April 22, in the course of a meeting with Koichiro Matsuura, the
Director-General of UNESCO, Edvard Nalbandian expressed deep concern
over intentional destruction of Armenian khachkars (cross-stones)
in Nakhijevan by Azeri authorities. The RA FM again drew Koichiro
Matsuura's attention to the necessity of UNESCO's interfering and
promoting protection of Armenian cultural and historic values situated
outside the borders of the Republic of Armenia.