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Jean-Christophe Buisson criticizes UNESCO for its inaction against destruction of Armenian cemeteries by Azerbaijanis in occupied territories of Artsakh.

ARMINFO
Armenia – June 16 2022
Marianna Mkrtchyan

ArmInfo. Deputy director of the authoritative French Le Figaro magazine, journalist Jean-Christophe Buisson criticized UNESCO for its inaction against the backdrop of  the destruction of the Armenian cemetery by the Azerbaijanis in the  occupied territories of Artsakh. 

"Hello UNESCO! Can you solemnly ask the Baku authorities why the  Armenian cemetery in the village of Hin Shen of Artsakh  (Nagorno-Karabakh) occupied by Azerbaijan since November 2020 has  disappeared?  If not, what are you doing?" Buisson wrote on his  microblog on Twitter.  It should be noted that despite the trilateral  agreements at the level of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and  Russia dated November 9, 2020, so far the UNESCO mission has not been  able to visit the region.  Azerbaijan is torpedoing the visit in  every possible way, while at the same time erasing the traces of the  Armenian presence in the territories of Artsakh seized as a result of  the war.  Back on November 20, 2020, UNESCO Director General Audrey  Azoulay announced the readiness of the organization to send a mission  to Karabakh to help restore the cultural and historical heritage of  the region.  And already in December of the same year, Deputy  Director General of UNESCO Ernesto Ottone noted that the organization  "so far is only waiting for Azerbaijan's response so that UNESCO can  continue to work with sending a mission to the field." In turn, the  Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, in a communique issued on December 22,  2020, called on UNESCO not to politicize the issue of protecting  cultural heritage in Karabakh and stated that Baku "is open to a  constructive dialogue to discuss the details of organizing the  mission." The Russian Foreign Ministry has also repeatedly stated  that Moscow expects a UNESCO mission to visit Nagorno-Karabakh in the  near future.

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