TIGRAN TOROSYAN TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KARABAKH AND NAKHIDJEVAN TO TERRY DAVIS
Lragir.am
27 March 06
There has been no new response from the Council of Europe on the
destruction of khachkars in Old Djolfa, Nakhidjevan, and the Armenian
public will be informed about the meeting of the corresponding
commission, stated the head of the Armenian delegation in the PACE
Tigran Torosyan during the news conference on March 27. He mentioned
that during the PACE Spring Sitting an opportunity may arise to
talk to Terry Davis, Secretary General of the PACE, and tell him
that the decision on sending a CoE mission to monitor the state of
the cultural monuments in the region contains a principle that is
unacceptable for Armenia. In accordance with this decision, the CoE
has foreseen to send a commission to Nakhidjevan and Karabakh to
observe the state of cultural monuments. Tigran Torosyan considers
this leveling unacceptable.
“Unlike Karabakh, there was no war in Nakhidjevan, and in Karabakh
the military actions ceased in 1994 only,” says Tigran Torosyan,
implying that in Karabakh cultural values were damaged or destroyed
at war, whereas the cultural monuments in Nakhidjevan were destroyed
consistently and at peace. “It is another problem that the PACE
delegates want to visit Karabakh for other questions. But they can
arrange with the Karabakh government to visit.”