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ISESCO CONDEMNS ARMENIA FOR DESTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF AZERBAIJAN
Trend News Agency
Dec 2 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 2 December / Trend News , corr. N.Abdullayeva /
ISESCO condemns destruction of historical monuments in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan by Armenians.
"Destruction of monuments in the occupied territories contradicts
international laws and all principles of the UN, and this is
unacceptable," Abdel Aziz Ben Osman Al-Twaigry, the director general
of the Islamic Education, Science and Culture Organization (ISESCO),
said to journalists in Baku on 2 December.
ISESCO completely supports Azerbaijan on this issue," Al-Twaigry said.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.
Azerbaijan appeared with the initiative before PACE to send the mission
of the cultural heritage of organization to the occupied territories
to study the state of remained historical and cultural monuments
of the country. Azerbaijan already presented the list of monuments,
which underwent destruction, to the mission.
Trend News Agency
Dec 2 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 2 December / Trend News , corr. N.Abdullayeva /
ISESCO condemns destruction of historical monuments in the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan by Armenians.
"Destruction of monuments in the occupied territories contradicts
international laws and all principles of the UN, and this is
unacceptable," Abdel Aziz Ben Osman Al-Twaigry, the director general
of the Islamic Education, Science and Culture Organization (ISESCO),
said to journalists in Baku on 2 December.
ISESCO completely supports Azerbaijan on this issue," Al-Twaigry said.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.
Azerbaijan appeared with the initiative before PACE to send the mission
of the cultural heritage of organization to the occupied territories
to study the state of remained historical and cultural monuments
of the country. Azerbaijan already presented the list of monuments,
which underwent destruction, to the mission.