Visit of PACE speaker on monitoring of cultural sites to Armenia and Azerbaijan to be postponed

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Visit of PACE speaker on monitoring of cultural sites, British MP Edward O’Hara to Azerbaijan and Armenia, planned for May 28, has been postponed.

The PACE planned to send the mission, headed by O’Hara, on May 28 –June 4 into the region. The mission is to familiarize itself with the state of Armenian historical sites in Nakhichevan and prepare a detailed report on it.

It is worth reminding that reports on destroying of Armenian monuments in Old Julfa (Nakhichevan) by Azerbaijani soldiers were received by the Armenian Embassy to Iran. On February 16, the European Parliament adopted resolution, condemning Azerbaijan’s actions, aimed at destroying of khachkars at Old Julfa Armenian cemetery. Supporters of the document pointed out inadmissibility of destroying cultural sites, which have equal importance to all mankind, by Azerbaijan. It was stressed that detailed requests should be formulated for Azerbaijan, which committed the crime and which joined EU New Neighborhood Program. Mentioning statements that destroying of khachkars was caused by the Karabakh conflict, the European MPs stressed that Nakhichevan is far from the conflict zone.