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ARMENIAN EXPERT ACCUSES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES OF SUPPORTING CULTURAL GENOCIDE
news.am
June 20 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN.- Armenian expert in ethnography Hranush Kharatyan accused
international agencies of supporting genocide, including "cultural"
one.
Kharatyan said that the recent scandal at the Paris exhibition put
an end to the "efforts" to implement the provisions of the UN Charter
in general, and UNESCO in particular.
During the recent photo exhibition dedicated to art of Armenian
khachkars (cross stones) quotations indicating the place of origin
of each khachkhar had been removed without any justification.
The expert stressed that UNESCO did not take any moves when the
Armenian cross-stones and tombstones were actively destroyed in
Azerbaijan several years ago, she told journalists on Monday.
Azerbaijani authorities have initiated extermination of the Armenian
cross stones and other architectural monuments in the territory of
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. An ancient Armenian cemetery was
destroyed in 2005-2006.
news.am
June 20 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN.- Armenian expert in ethnography Hranush Kharatyan accused
international agencies of supporting genocide, including "cultural"
one.
Kharatyan said that the recent scandal at the Paris exhibition put
an end to the "efforts" to implement the provisions of the UN Charter
in general, and UNESCO in particular.
During the recent photo exhibition dedicated to art of Armenian
khachkars (cross stones) quotations indicating the place of origin
of each khachkhar had been removed without any justification.
The expert stressed that UNESCO did not take any moves when the
Armenian cross-stones and tombstones were actively destroyed in
Azerbaijan several years ago, she told journalists on Monday.
Azerbaijani authorities have initiated extermination of the Armenian
cross stones and other architectural monuments in the territory of
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. An ancient Armenian cemetery was
destroyed in 2005-2006.