BAKU: Armenians Plan To Spend $120,000 On Archeological Excavations

ARMENIANS PLAN TO SPEND $120,000 ON ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI REGION

Today, Azerbaijan
March 19 2007

Armenians plan to spend $120,000 on archeological excavations in
the occupied Azerbaijani region of Aghdam within coming two months,
Armenian archeologist Hamlet Petrosyan.

Petrosyan said that $50,000 was allocated by Switzerland Armenian
Union. Negotiations are being held with the Diasporas for allocation
of the rest sum.

Petrosyan claims that during the excavations carried out in Aghdam by
Armenia Ethnography Institute under this leadership, the expedition
discovered a settlement established by ancient "Armenian tsar Tigran."

Petrosyan said that virtual model of the village Tigranakert has
already been preparedsaid, APA reports quoting Armenian press.

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