BAKU OBJECTS TO EUROPARLIAMENT SURVEY IN NAKHICHEVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.04.2006 23:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Official Baku may agree that the European
Parliament mission start a survey at the destroyed Armenian cemetery
in Nakhichevan “only with the condition of bilateral survey,” APA
reports. The mission is composed of 10 persons that are to travel to
Armenia at first.

Speaking at an official conference on April 6th, the President of
the European Parliament was joined by the leaders of its political
parties in strongly approving the body’s decision to send a delegation
in Djulfa, in the Nakhichevan region of Azerbaijan. The aim of the
mission is to investigate the destruction by Azerbaijan of the Armenian
cemetery in Djulfa, a treasure of world architectural heritage that was
effectively destroyed. The EP leaders unanimously decided to entrust
this mission to the Commission on EU-Armenia parliamentary cooperation
rather than to an ad-hoc delegation, as it had initially been planned.

The mission is being sent in accordance with the Parliament’s
resolution “on cultural heritage in Azerbaijan,” which was adopted
in February of 2006.

This measure “demands that Azerbaijan allow missions, who are dedicated
to surveying and protecting archaeological heritage, in particular
Armenian heritage, onto its territory.” The delegation will be composed
of ten Members of the European Parliament (MEP) who are members of
the Commission of EU-Armenia parliamentary cooperation group. They
are set to travel to Djulfa as part of their trip to Armenia from
April 17th to 21st.