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HERMITAGE DIRECTOR DENOUNCES DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN
MONUMENTS IN AZERBAIJAN

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS: Director of
Hermitage Museum in Russian Saint Petersburg,
denounced on Tuesday destruction of Armenian cultural
and historical monuments in Azerbaijan, saying
destruction of such monuments was a crime irrespective
of where it takes place.
The director of one of the world’s richest museums,
Boris Piotrovski, has come to Armenia to deliver a
series of lectures to students. Piotrovski said the
recent destruction of an old Armenian cemetery in
Nakhichevan enclave of Azerbaijan was also a cultural
crime. He said the order to destroy the cemetery was
politically motivated.
Piotrovski said international organizations should
be more resolute in fighting back and preventing
similar crimes.