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  • Culture Min suggests UNESCO should protect Non-Armenian monuments

    Armenian Culture Minister suggests that UNESCO should assess real
    situation with protection of cultural monuments of other nations in
    Armenia

    2009-11-07 16:13:00


    ArmInfo. Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan suggests that
    UNESCO should assess real situation with protection of cultural
    monuments of other nations in Armenia "I myself have recently offered
    the UNESCO representative to familiarized himself with the real
    situation. We have been waiting for the visit of the monitoring group
    for several years, which is especially important against the
    background of Azerbaijani statements",- Poghosyan said. To recall, on
    October 13 Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said at the fourth conference
    of Islamic countries' culture ministers that "Armenia is destroying
    mosques and cultural values in the occupied territories". For his
    part, the culture minister of Sudan said that "the destroyed" objects
    are the monuments of the whole Islamic culture, and called on Islamic
    countries to take part in the work of protection and restoration of
    monuments. Poghosyan stressed that a couple of days ago the US
    Department of State pointed out that Armenia is conducting a correct
    state policy in restoration of cultural and art monuments of other
    nations. She also recalled that in 2008 a Jewish cemetery of the 11th
    century in Yeghegis village was restored in Armenia. Furthermore, the
    "Blue Mosque" was renovated in Yerevan in 2001.

    Poghosyan attaches much significance to normalization of
    Armenian-Turkish relations, which will considerably contribute to
    protection of Armenian cultural monuments in Turkey. She doesn't rule
    out the probability that Armenian specialists will participate in the
    discussion of the project on restoration of Ani. Poghosyan said that
    the cooperation with the Turkish party is mostly carried out via
    various organizations.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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