PACE ENVOYS TO MONITOR MONUMENTS

Lragir.am
17 April 06

In the autumn of 2006 the envoy of the Council of Europe Ms. O’Hara
will visit Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to monitor the state
of monuments in the region. Tigran Torosyan, the head of the
Armenian delegation to the PACE, thinks this question requires
serious attention. And the Azerbaijanis are already prepared. On
the days of the spring session of the PACE the Azerbaijanis
circulated a “pseudo-scientific” project entitled “The State of
Important Azerbaijani Historical and Cultural Monuments in Armenia”
about a number of Azerbaijani monuments in Armenia, which were
destroyed. All the three countries will extend information on
monuments to Ms. O’Hara. Tigran Torosyan does not exclude that
Azerbaijan may present a list of monuments which allegedly existed
and were destroyed in Armenia. To prevent this we need to have the
answers to all these questions, says Tigran Torosyan. To prepare the
answers Tigran Torosyan will meet with all those who, in his opinion,
can be responsible for this issue till April 22.