RUSSIAN PUBLIC CHAMBER CONDEMNS AZERBAIJANI VANDALISM
Yerkir
18.05.2006 14:19
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – A committee of the Russian Public Chamber discussed
on May 17 the issue of the destruction of the Armenian medieval
cemetery in Djulfa in the Azerbaijani region of Nakijevan region.
As reported by the newspaper Yerkramas, published by the Armenian of
southern Russia, Chairman of the Armenian-Russian Friendship Union
Victor Krivopus kov reported on the vandalism carried out by Azerbaijan
in December 2005, when an Armenian mediaval cemetery in Djulfa with
4,000 cross stones was destroyed. He went on saying that 27,000
Armenian monuments dating to 7th-19th centuries have been destroyed
in Nakhijevan during the years of the Azerbaijani rule over the region.
The committee passed a unanimous decision condemning the Azerbaijani
vandalism in Djulfa.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress