HOW AZERBAIJAN IS TRYING TO STEAL THE CULTURAL MONUMENTS OF ARMENIA
Alisa Gevorgyan

"Radiolur"
11.05.2009 18:31

Historian Samvle Karapetyan and public administration specialist
Hasmik Melikyan today presented the recurrent shocking statement of the
"scientific" circles of Azerbaijan. In his work titled "The Monuments
of Western Azerbaijan" published with the support of the Government
of Azerbaijan and signed by senior and junior Aliyevs, author Aziz
Alakbarl tells about Etchmiadzin, Khor Virap, the Temples of Hripsime,
Gandzasar, and even Garni.

If we, Armenians, have been naively considering up until today that
the above-mentioned monuments are masterpieces of Armenian culture,
the Azeri specialist presents those as monuments of Western Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s propensity for consolidating itself as a nation through
historic and cultural distortions and the fleshes of "scientific"
mind are not a novelty any more, but Aziz Alakbarl’s work titled
"The Monuments of Western Azerbaijan" deserves serious attention
rather than grin and ignorance.

The book is not just the flash of mind of the author. Neither is it
the result of the collective work of a number of Azeri scholars. It
was issued with the sponsorship of the Government of Azerbaijan, with
welcome statements and signatures by Aliyev senior and Aliyev junior.

Therefore, it presents the state position of Az erbaijan. This book,
published in different languages in 2007, is being distributed in
respected international organizations and presented at exhibitions.