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Panorama, Armenia
June 17 2011
Ministry of Culture: UNESCO censured Armenian khachkars under
constraint of Azerbaijan and Turkey
Armenian Minister of Culture released a statement to make remarks on
UNESCO censoring the origin of Armenian Khachkars.
UNESCO Paris headquarters hosted on June 15 the official opening
ceremony of `Art of Khachkars' photo exhibition. The initiative group
is Armenian permanent representation office in UNESCO and Armenian
Ministry of Culture in cooperation with UNESCO.
Culture Ministry press service informs UNESCO also hosts committee
sessions on different Conventions, which serves as a chance to perform
the masterpieces of Armenian culture - khachkars to the
representatives of more than 100 countries.
Special booklets, recordings have been made beforehand and sent to
Paris to share among the visitors. Artist-sculptor Robert Minasyan
departed for Paris to represent the history of khachkars.
Though UNESCO has been beforehand introduced to the materials of the
exhibition, Azerbaijan and Turkey used all the available means to
convince UNESCO to remove from the exhibition those displays which are
located out of Armenia.
June 17 2011
Ministry of Culture: UNESCO censured Armenian khachkars under
constraint of Azerbaijan and Turkey
Armenian Minister of Culture released a statement to make remarks on
UNESCO censoring the origin of Armenian Khachkars.
UNESCO Paris headquarters hosted on June 15 the official opening
ceremony of `Art of Khachkars' photo exhibition. The initiative group
is Armenian permanent representation office in UNESCO and Armenian
Ministry of Culture in cooperation with UNESCO.
Culture Ministry press service informs UNESCO also hosts committee
sessions on different Conventions, which serves as a chance to perform
the masterpieces of Armenian culture - khachkars to the
representatives of more than 100 countries.
Special booklets, recordings have been made beforehand and sent to
Paris to share among the visitors. Artist-sculptor Robert Minasyan
departed for Paris to represent the history of khachkars.
Though UNESCO has been beforehand introduced to the materials of the
exhibition, Azerbaijan and Turkey used all the available means to
convince UNESCO to remove from the exhibition those displays which are
located out of Armenia.