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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. The official statement of the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan of February 3, 2022 makes it clear that Azerbaijan, with well-planned actions, is consistently implementing the policy of eviction of Armenians from Artsakh, destruction and alienation of Armenian cultural heritage, and this time they openly threaten to remove and delete the inscriptions on Armenian churches in Artsakh, the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia said in a statement.

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. The official statement of the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan of February 3, 2022 makes it clear that Azerbaijan, with well-planned actions, is consistently implementing the policy of eviction of Armenians from Artsakh, destruction and alienation of Armenian cultural heritage, and this time they openly threaten to remove and delete the inscriptions on Armenian churches in Artsakh, the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia said in a statement.

28 April 2021 Felix Corley, Forum 18 Azerbaijans military blocked Armenian pilgrims visiting Dadivank Monastery for Sunday worship on 25 April and the ordination of a priest. The monastery is in territory returned to Azerbaijani control after 2020 fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian peace keepers accompany pilgrims to Dadivank, but "They too were surprised" by the sudden denial of access, says Nagorno-Karabakhs Ombudsperson, Gegham Stepanyan. The ordination had to be moved to another monast...

Artsakh ombudsman urges intl organizations not to remain indifferent to crimes against Armenian culture On the occasion of the Universal Day of Culture marked on April 15, Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Gegham Stepanyan sent a message to the international organizations, urging them to take action to save the centuries-old Armenian cultural heritage. “On the occasion of the Universal Day of Culture, from Amaras Monastery, I sent my message to the international organizations not ...