ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: AZERBAIJAN BREAKS THE PLANS OF PACE DELEGATION TO VISIT SOUTH CAUCASIAN REGION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF CULTURAL MONUMENTS IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, 2007

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2007-08-30 01:42:00

"We are informed that the PACE delegation had decided to visit the
region at the beginning of September, after several postponements",
Vladimir Karapetian, Spokesperson of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, says.

He regrets that the visit has now apparently been cancelled as a
result of the non-constructive stance of the Azerbaijani side, due
solely to their intent to veil the demolition of Armenian monuments
in Nakhijevan.

According to him, Armenia places great significance on the visit of the
cultural monuments assessment mission, headed by the Rapporteur on the
Cultural Heritage in the South Caucasus for PACE, Eddie O’Hara, to the
region, and particularly to Nakhijevan. "We had ourselves initiated
the idea of visits to the region by PACE, the European Parliament as
well as UNESCO, for the purpose of assessing the condition of cultural
monuments. I think it is important to note that Armenia and Nagorno
Karabakh had given the O’Hara delegation their agreement regarding
the mission," V.Karapetian notes.