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    Azerbaijani authorities ban US diplomats from visiting Armenian cemetery

    news.am
    November 03, 2012 | 22:28

    BAKU. - Azerbaijan authorities continue the policy of concealing the
    true facts from the world community. In particular, they ban U.S.
    ambassadors to visit to the Armenian cemetery.

    According to the statement, the Nakhijevan authorities rejected to
    allow the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar to visit
    the Armenian cemetery in the Old Julfa, due to `security issues.' What
    could have threatened the diplomat in an ancient cemetery is still
    unclear.

    The ambassador claimed that he regrets that the officials rejected his
    visit to the cemetery due to security issues and get acquainted with
    the situation in the site. Preservation of the national heritage in
    the region is important for the future of the world. Due to the
    Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict the region has already lost great
    deal of monuments, APA quoted Morningstar.

    Earlier, the Azerbaijani authorities have also banned the visit by the
    U.S. previous ambassador Matthew Bryza to the same cemetery.

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