27 06 2007 - Julfa- UNESCO To Sent Mission To Region Yerevan,

Benchè non sia ancora definita la data ..l'UNESCO invierà una commisione di 6 delegati a Nakhichevan per verifiacare la distruzione deliberata dei Khachkar armeni del cimitero armeno di Jughà in Nakhijevan (compiuto nel dicembre del 2005 .. e tutt'òra taciuto dal mondo civilizzato malgrado i continui solleciti..!)

UNESCO To Sent Mission To Region Yerevan, June 26, Armenpress: Spokesperson for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Karapetian told Armenpress that Armenia has been undertaking efforts so that UNESCO sends a mission to the region to assess the condition of the Armenian cultural monuments in Old Jugha (Nakhijevan). He said that it is not a secret that the Armenian monuments are being systematically destroyed in the Azerbaijani territory, especially in Nakhijevan. He said that Armenian leadership stated about it in the UNESCO, UN and European establishments.

Letters were sent to the general director of the UNESCO in 1998, in 2002 and in 2005 presenting the situation and calling on undertaking steps for stopping the cultural genocide of the Armenian monuments in Nakhijevan. According to Karapetian, the steps carried out by the Armenian side towards drawing the attention of the international community to the fact of purposeful destruction of Armenian cross-stones in Nakhijevan in 2006 finally helped to break the silence. "Armenia greatly underscored the visit of the mission to Nakhijevan for the assessment of the situation," Karapetian said.

When Armenia demanded that a mission be sent to Old Jugha Azerbaijan said that the mission must study the condition of monuments in Nagorno Karabakh.

Karapetian said that in a letter to UNESCO Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian noted that Armenia on its turn is ready to discuss issue on the organization of the visit of the mission to Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh in case of agreement of the authorities of Karabakh, for studying the condition of the monuments.

UNESCO has approved the membership of the mission which will visit the region. The time of the visit is not yet clear.
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