http://www.panorama.am/en/culture/2011/06/17/ministry-of-culture/
Ministry of Culture: UNESCO censured Armenian khachkars under constraint of Azerbaijan and Turkey
Armenian Minister of Culture released a statement to make remarks on UNESCO censoring the origin of Armenian Khachkars.
UNESCO Paris headquarters hosted on June 15 the official opening ceremony of “Art of Khachkars” photo exhibition. The initiative group is Armenian permanent representation office in UNESCO and Armenian Ministry of Culture in cooperation with UNESCO.
Culture Ministry press service informs UNESCO also hosts committee sessions on different Conventions, which serves as a chance to perform the masterpieces of Armenian culture – khachkars to the representatives of more than 100 countries.
Special booklets, recordings have been made beforehand and sent to Paris to share among the visitors. Artist-sculptor Robert Minasyan departed for Paris to represent the history of khachkars.
Though UNESCO has been beforehand introduced to the materials of the exhibition, Azerbaijan and Turkey used all the available means to convince UNESCO to remove from the exhibition those displays which are located out of Armenia.
READ MORE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN CEMETERIES AND KHACHKARS
http://www.novascotiascott.com/2008/12/16/destruction-of-armenian-cemetery-commemorated/
http://www.khachkar.am/en/typology/Jugha.php
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