Eduard Sharmazanov: "Azerbaijan`s attempts to impart a confessional  character to the Artsakh conflict are unacceptable"

ArmInfo.On October 16, Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly Edward Sharmazanov received the President of the International Society for Human Rights Thomas  Schirmacher and Professor at the University of Bonn Christine Schirmacher.

According to the press service of the parliament, during the meeting  the parties noted the importance of preserving national and spiritual  values. According to the vice-speaker of the National Assembly, today  Christian civilization is in danger, and it always raises the issue  of the protection of Christian monuments in various forums. In this  context, Eduard Sharmazanov touched upon the destruction of Armenian  monuments in Nakhichevan.

Regional problems and the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict  are also affected. The NA Vice Speaker noted that the main challenges  are security, the unsettledness of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the  militaristic rhetoric of Azerbaijan and the blockade of Armenia by  Turkey. According to Eduard Sharmazanov, the attempts of the  Azerbaijani leadership to present the problem as a confessional  conflict between Muslims and Christians are false.

"The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not religious in nature. Armenia  has excellent relations with a number of Muslim countries where the  Armenian people enjoy high prestige, Armenian monuments remain.   Attempts by the Azerbaijani leadership to impart a religious  character to the Karabakh conflict are unacceptable," the  Vice-Speaker said.