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Azerbaijan once again spreads slander at an official level
February 20, 2015 13:11
"Azerbaijan once again spreads slander at an official level, trying to
make other nations serve for its own problems' solution,"
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 21, ARTSAKHPRESS:
Responding to the statement of the Chairman of Azerbaijani State
Committee on Religious Organizations Affairs Mubariz Qurbanli, that
Armenians have destroyed numerous Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Afghan
monuments in the "occupied territories", the Head of the Department of
Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs of NKR Government staff Ashot
Sargsyan said.
"All the monuments in Artsakh have been protected, regardless of their
origin or religious affiliation. Unlike Azerbaijan, we preserve and
reconstruct antiquities, but not eliminate. Shushiand Aghdam (Akna)
mosques still remain as excellent examples.
They are Muslim cultural and spiritual values, and we respect them.
Otherwise, why have these mosques still existed," he said, adding that
there are many episodes when Armenian monuments have been vandalized,
graves desecrated and completely destroyed by Azeris.
According to the Head of the Department, on July 4 of 2009 under the
mediation of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijani delegation comprised
of Milli Majlis deputies Asim Mollazade and Rovshan Rzayev,
journalists, intellectuals and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad
Bulbul Oglu, visited Shushi and saw with their own eyes Muslim
(Persian) mosque and cemetery.
"Bulbul Oglu also visited his father's house in Shushi, and was
impressed how it had been preserved," Sargsyan noted, adding that the
Armenians of Artsakh have been living peacefully side-by-side with
Russians, Greeks, Jews, Azeris, Georgians, Persians and other nations.
But today only Russian and Greek communities are officially registered
as organized communities in the country.
"By the way, I would like to focus on another important fact: in the
midst of Artsakh war, in 1992, the Supreme Council adopted a law that
Artsakh ethnic minorities could not only avoid military operations,
but also if they wanted, the state could provide transportation for
their secure transfer to Yerevan. Meanwhile, Azerbaijani side was
sending the representatives of its country's ethnic minorities to take
part in military operations, and there are many proven facts about
it," he stressed.
In the interview with "Artsakhpress", the Head of the Department of
Monuments' Protection and Research of NKR Government's Tourism Office
Slava Sargsyan told that this is not the first time that Azerbaijan
has made such an absurd statement.
"In Artsakh both Muslim and Christian monuments are protected equally.
If one desires, he can see with his own eyes that Azerbaijani side
spreads slander," Sargsyan added. He also clarified that there are no
Jewish monuments in Artsakh, because there hasn't been a Jewish
community here. With regard to Afghan monuments, Azeris distort the
facts and certainly by the word "Afghan" mean Armenian ancient
monuments.
"Since Soviet times Azeris have presented all Armenian historical
monuments in Artsakh as Afghan, to show that Armenians are only
newcomers.
And this absurdity has been performed in such an illiterate way, that
for example 200 Armenian inscriptions on the walls of Gandzasar
Monastery were interpreted as "Afghan," Sargsyan mentioned, adding
that even Armenian cross-stones in Akna with inscriptions and
ornaments were translated by azeris as "khashdasher", considering them
as Azerbaijani monuments.
http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/12802/azerbaijan-once-again-spreads-slander-at-an-official-level.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
February 20, 2015 13:11
"Azerbaijan once again spreads slander at an official level, trying to
make other nations serve for its own problems' solution,"
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 21, ARTSAKHPRESS:
Responding to the statement of the Chairman of Azerbaijani State
Committee on Religious Organizations Affairs Mubariz Qurbanli, that
Armenians have destroyed numerous Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Afghan
monuments in the "occupied territories", the Head of the Department of
Ethnic Minorities and Religious Affairs of NKR Government staff Ashot
Sargsyan said.
"All the monuments in Artsakh have been protected, regardless of their
origin or religious affiliation. Unlike Azerbaijan, we preserve and
reconstruct antiquities, but not eliminate. Shushiand Aghdam (Akna)
mosques still remain as excellent examples.
They are Muslim cultural and spiritual values, and we respect them.
Otherwise, why have these mosques still existed," he said, adding that
there are many episodes when Armenian monuments have been vandalized,
graves desecrated and completely destroyed by Azeris.
According to the Head of the Department, on July 4 of 2009 under the
mediation of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijani delegation comprised
of Milli Majlis deputies Asim Mollazade and Rovshan Rzayev,
journalists, intellectuals and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad
Bulbul Oglu, visited Shushi and saw with their own eyes Muslim
(Persian) mosque and cemetery.
"Bulbul Oglu also visited his father's house in Shushi, and was
impressed how it had been preserved," Sargsyan noted, adding that the
Armenians of Artsakh have been living peacefully side-by-side with
Russians, Greeks, Jews, Azeris, Georgians, Persians and other nations.
But today only Russian and Greek communities are officially registered
as organized communities in the country.
"By the way, I would like to focus on another important fact: in the
midst of Artsakh war, in 1992, the Supreme Council adopted a law that
Artsakh ethnic minorities could not only avoid military operations,
but also if they wanted, the state could provide transportation for
their secure transfer to Yerevan. Meanwhile, Azerbaijani side was
sending the representatives of its country's ethnic minorities to take
part in military operations, and there are many proven facts about
it," he stressed.
In the interview with "Artsakhpress", the Head of the Department of
Monuments' Protection and Research of NKR Government's Tourism Office
Slava Sargsyan told that this is not the first time that Azerbaijan
has made such an absurd statement.
"In Artsakh both Muslim and Christian monuments are protected equally.
If one desires, he can see with his own eyes that Azerbaijani side
spreads slander," Sargsyan added. He also clarified that there are no
Jewish monuments in Artsakh, because there hasn't been a Jewish
community here. With regard to Afghan monuments, Azeris distort the
facts and certainly by the word "Afghan" mean Armenian ancient
monuments.
"Since Soviet times Azeris have presented all Armenian historical
monuments in Artsakh as Afghan, to show that Armenians are only
newcomers.
And this absurdity has been performed in such an illiterate way, that
for example 200 Armenian inscriptions on the walls of Gandzasar
Monastery were interpreted as "Afghan," Sargsyan mentioned, adding
that even Armenian cross-stones in Akna with inscriptions and
ornaments were translated by azeris as "khashdasher", considering them
as Azerbaijani monuments.
http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/12802/azerbaijan-once-again-spreads-slander-at-an-official-level.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress