Destruction of Armenian cultural, religious heritage in territories under Azerbaijan`s control especially grave problem – Armenian FM

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Armenia –
Naira Badalian

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan continues violating international law and the relevant points of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, keeping the Armenian POWs and  civilians, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan stated at a news conference  held jointly with his Georgian counterpart Ilya Darchiashvili. 

He pointed out unsolved humanitarian problems in Nagorno-Karabakh. 

“An especially grave problem is Azerbaijan changing the identity and  destroying the Armenian cultural and religious heritage in the  territories under Azerbaijan’s control after the 44-day war. The last  example is the desecration of the Holy Resurrection church in Hadrut.  A visit of a UNESCO fact-finding mission to the region is extremely  important for preventing further acts of vandalism,” Mr Mirzoyan  said. 

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