Samvel Karapetyan: Azerbaijan eliminates Armenian monuments through a state program

YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS:

The elimination of Armenian monuments in Azerbaijan is being implemented through a state program, chairman of the Foundation studying Armenian monuments, monument specialist Samvel Karapetyan said at a news conference today, adding that it is not the Artsakh war that destroyed the Armenian monuments. "Azerbaijan destroyed the Armenian monuments during the soviet years, then during the Artsakh war and since 1994 the volume of destructions and the circle expands", Karapetyan said.

According to him, the revenge is being successfully carried out thanks to our indifference. "We are not interested in maintenance of Armenian monuments in Azerbaijan and that is why that country is encouraged in its crime", he said. According to him, Armenian has no right to endanger its historic memory.