Armenians destroying historical monuments – Azeris report to Council of
Europe
Bilik Dunyasi news agency
3 Dec 04
BAKU
The destruction and seizure of over 100,000 pieces of cultural
heritage of national and international importance on the occupied
Azerbaijani territories, including some 500 historical and more than
100 archaeological monuments, are reflected in the report “On the
destruction and seizure of cultural monuments on the Armenian-occupied
Azerbaijani territories” submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe [PACE] committee on science, education and
culture by a member of the Azerbaijani delegation, Rafael Huseynov.
The report also says Armenia has fully or partly destroyed 22 museums,
looted over 1,000 schools, 927 libraries and five music school on
Azerbaijani territory, a source at the international relations
department of the Milli Maclis [parliament] has told Bilik
Dunyasi. Azerbaijan has been trying to table this issue at a PACE
session for two years.
The Azerbaijani delegation has submitted two other documents to the
PACE secretariat, revealing more facts of the destruction of
Azerbaijan’s cultural heritage on the occupied territories – “On the
urgent prevention of the destruction of cultural monuments in the
Azerbaijani town of Susa [Shusha]” and “On the desecration of ancient
cemeteries and historical monuments on the occupied Azerbaijani
territories”.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress