Grand Opening of Exhibition On the History of the NK Border Regions

PRESS RELEASE
Union of non-governmental organizations
“Yerkir”
for Repatriation and Settlement
Agatangeghos str., apt. 267
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Contact: Robert Tatoyan
e-mail: [email protected]
Yerevan, April 4, 2006
GRAND OPENING OF EXHIBITION ON THE HISTORY OF THE KARABAKH BORDER
REGIONS TAKES PLACE ON APRIL 4TH, 2006
During the grand session on the 60th anniversary of the National
Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan held on December 14, 2005, Ilham
Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, stated that he will allocate funds to
the scientific community of Azerbaijan in order to prove that
Armenians are not natives of Kharabagh and appeared there beginning
from the second half of the 18th century.
?Yerkir? Union for Repatriation and Settlement is organising the
second Exhibition of the cycle ?History of the border regions?. The
event will be held from April 4th to 18th at the Naregatsi Art
Institute?s Yerevan Center. This exposition will be exclusively
devoted to the archeological excavations of Shushi, Handaberd and
Tigranakert in Kharabagh, which prove Armenian constant presence in
Artsakh from ancient times.
A scientific symposium covering the academic excavations and
researches on the Karabakh border territories will be held on April
13th, 2006, at 11AM.