The U.S. State Department Was Not Aware That Morningstar Was Banned

[Andres-Papazian]

THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT AWARE THAT MORNINGSTAR WAS BANNED TO ENTER THE ARMENIAN CEMETERY IN JUGHA


YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The U.S. State Department was
not aware that Azerbaijani authorities had banned USA Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar to visit Armenian cemetery in Jugha. As
reports Armenpress, this was declared by the official representative
of the U.S. State Department Victoria Nuland.

To the journalist's observation, that the reason of the ban is that
Armenian monuments have been destroyed in the Armenian cemetery in
Jugha, the representative of the Department of State has replied that
there is no information on that.

Earlier Armenpress reported, that USA Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard
Morningstar was not allowed to enter Armenian cemetery in Jugha.

The Armenian Cemetery in Jugha was a medieval-era cemetery near
the town of Jugha, Nakhchivan. The tombstones consisted mainly of
khachkars, uniquely decorated cross-stones characteristic in medieval
Christian Armenian art. The cemetery was still standing in the late
1990s, when the government of Azerbaijan began a systematic campaign
to raze the monuments.




From: A. Papazian