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BAKU MYTHS ABOUT 'ALBANIAN CROSSES' OR AZERBAIJANI CULTURE MINISTER'S LIES
Yekaterina Poghosyan
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 25, 2010
Armenian khachkars can be seen in any corner of the world where
Armenians used to live. Azerbaijan is not an exception.
As a "worthy" representative of Azerbaijani leadership, Minister
of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev disseminated lies about the
meetings of the Intergovernmental Committee for Intangible Cultural
Heritage of UNESCO, in Nairobi Nov 15-19.
During the Nov 17 meeting, in a discussion of Armenian Culture
Ministry's application, Armenian Cross-Stones Art. Symbolism and
Craftsmanship of Khachkars was inscribed on the Representative List
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
This fact aroused indignation of the delegation from Azerbaijani,
the country which demolished about 1000 Armenian khachkars in Julfa.
Addressing a press conference in Baku, Garayev said that "Armenian
delegation's attempt to include Albanian crosses in Azerbaijan in
the UNESCO list as Armenian khachkars was prevented."
"As a result of exchange of views, the samples were included in
the list under another name and inclusion of Albanian crosses was
prevented," he said.
Meanwhile, we strongly advise the people of
Azerbaijan to visit UNESCO's official website,
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00434
to read the organization's resolution.
Armenian khachkars can be seen in any corner of the world where
Armenians used to live. Azerbaijan is not an exception. However,
the country's leadership has been trying to eliminate any sign of
Armenian culture throughout the territory over years.
From: A. Papazian
Yekaterina Poghosyan
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 25, 2010
Armenian khachkars can be seen in any corner of the world where
Armenians used to live. Azerbaijan is not an exception.
As a "worthy" representative of Azerbaijani leadership, Minister
of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev disseminated lies about the
meetings of the Intergovernmental Committee for Intangible Cultural
Heritage of UNESCO, in Nairobi Nov 15-19.
During the Nov 17 meeting, in a discussion of Armenian Culture
Ministry's application, Armenian Cross-Stones Art. Symbolism and
Craftsmanship of Khachkars was inscribed on the Representative List
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
This fact aroused indignation of the delegation from Azerbaijani,
the country which demolished about 1000 Armenian khachkars in Julfa.
Addressing a press conference in Baku, Garayev said that "Armenian
delegation's attempt to include Albanian crosses in Azerbaijan in
the UNESCO list as Armenian khachkars was prevented."
"As a result of exchange of views, the samples were included in
the list under another name and inclusion of Albanian crosses was
prevented," he said.
Meanwhile, we strongly advise the people of
Azerbaijan to visit UNESCO's official website,
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00434
to read the organization's resolution.
Armenian khachkars can be seen in any corner of the world where
Armenians used to live. Azerbaijan is not an exception. However,
the country's leadership has been trying to eliminate any sign of
Armenian culture throughout the territory over years.
From: A. Papazian