Armenian Culture Minister suggests that UNESCO should assess real
situation with protection of cultural monuments of other nations in
Armenia
2009-11-07 16:13:00
ArmInfo. Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan suggests that
UNESCO should assess real situation with protection of cultural
monuments of other nations in Armenia "I myself have recently offered
the UNESCO representative to familiarized himself with the real
situation. We have been waiting for the visit of the monitoring group
for several years, which is especially important against the
background of Azerbaijani statements",- Poghosyan said. To recall, on
October 13 Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said at the fourth conference
of Islamic countries’ culture ministers that "Armenia is destroying
mosques and cultural values in the occupied territories". For his
part, the culture minister of Sudan said that "the destroyed" objects
are the monuments of the whole Islamic culture, and called on Islamic
countries to take part in the work of protection and restoration of
monuments. Poghosyan stressed that a couple of days ago the US
Department of State pointed out that Armenia is conducting a correct
state policy in restoration of cultural and art monuments of other
nations. She also recalled that in 2008 a Jewish cemetery of the 11th
century in Yeghegis village was restored in Armenia. Furthermore, the
"Blue Mosque" was renovated in Yerevan in 2001.
Poghosyan attaches much significance to normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations, which will considerably contribute to
protection of Armenian cultural monuments in Turkey. She doesn’t rule
out the probability that Armenian specialists will participate in the
discussion of the project on restoration of Ani. Poghosyan said that
the cooperation with the Turkish party is mostly carried out via
various organizations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
