AZERBAIJAN TO PRESENT DOCUMENTS TO PACE DISMISSING ARMENIA’S CLAIMS

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 29 2006

Baku, March 28, AssA-Irada
Another slander by Armenia concerning the alleged destruction of
ancient Armenian graves in Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhchivan will
be dismissed at the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe with relevant documents, a member of the Azeri
delegation at PACE, Rafael Huseynov has said.

Huseynov said a document condemning Armenia’s territorial claims on
the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic had already been prepared.

“With the problem of Armenia’s occupation of 20% of Azeri land yet to
be solved, this country has new intentions of aggression and wants to
occupy Nakhchivan. Although they insist that cultural monuments and
Armenian graves have been allegedly destroyed here, the fact is that
there were ancient Azeri and Alban tombstones in these territories.

Certainly, we will raise this issue at the [PACE] committee on science,
education and culture and condemn this policy pursued by Armenians.”

The MP added that these facts will be reflected in various documents.