Armenians present Azeri historic exhibits as their own

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
posted on Aug 1 2005

Baku, July 29, AssA-Irada — Hundreds of thousands of exhibits from
26 museums located in the occupied Azerbaijani territories have been
stolen and destroyed by Armenians. A part of the historic exhibits,
totaling 103,380, is presented in Armenia and some of them in a number
of world countries as ‘Armenian art’, said Faig Ismayilov, chairman
of the Organization for Protection of Historic and Cultural Monuments
in Occupied Azerbaijani Territories. “Azeri carpets are currently
exhibited in Frankfurt, Germany under the ‘Armenian carpet-weaving art’
title”, he told an event at the International Press Center.

Ismayilov said that 6,308 Azerbaijani historic monuments are under
state protection. 876 of them are located in Garabagh and adjacent
regions, including 7 sculptural monuments of worldwide importance,
133 of countrywide and 458 of local importance. 10 of these
are archaeological and other types of monuments of international
significance and 268 of nationwide importance. Researchers say that
there are more monuments in Garabagh. Armenian sources indicate that
the total number of Islamic monuments in Garabagh and adjacent areas
is about 100, while that of Armenian monuments – 1,700.*