Yerevan responds to Aliyev`s rhetoric against Armenia recalling the  destruction of monuments to heroes of Great Patriotic War in  Chardakhlu 

ArmInfo.Armenia's Foreign Ministry responded to comments of the President of Azerbaijan on Armenia in an interview with TASS news agency.

Thus, the Spokeswoman of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna  Naghdalyan recalled that the 75th anniversary of the Great Patriotic  War is a good occasion to recall and pay tribute to the sacrifices  and unity of all the peoples who prevailed in the fight against the  world's evil.

''We are convinced that historical memory is the greatest value of  human dignity, and the falsification of historical memory and its use  for narrow political interests demonstrate lack of sense of history,  dignity and memory.

I regret that the President of Azerbaijan once again attempted to use  the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in World War II in  his decades-long hostile propaganda against the Armenian people.

The contribution of the Armenian people to the victory of the Allied  Powers in World War II has been inscribed in gold on the pages of  world history.

We proudly remember the names of all Armenian heroes, whether  fighting in the Red Army and its national divisions, in the armies of  Allied Powers or in the ranks of the Resistance movement and  intelligence. With their devotion and courage, they deserved to be  commemorated along with their proud ancestors and national heroes,  including the glorified warriors of World War I.

Today, on the territory of the Republic of Armenia, about six hundred  monuments dedicated to participants of the Great Patriotic War are  under the state protection and care. Those are the perpetuated  witnesses of the history of our common victory. We condemn every  attack on the monuments, and our resolve has been manifested not  merely in words, but in the fact that no monument dedicated to World  War II warriors has been a subject to attack in the history of  Armenia.

From this perspective, I would like to address a question to the  leadership of Azerbaijan in anticipation of an answer to be  translated into certain actions: when will we witness the restoration  of monuments of Chardakhlu settlement, which were dedicated to the  heroes of the Great Patriotic War, including those dedicated to the  Soviet marshals Ivan (Hovhannes) Baghramyan and Hamazasp Babajanyan,  which were destroyed in the Republic of Azerbaijan?

To note, yesterday Aliyev in an interview with TASS, stated that  Azerbaijan strongly condemns attempts to rewrite history, distort the  truth about the Great Patriotic War, attempts to glorify fascism and  fascist criminals, while pointing out that the process of  glorification of fascism in some countries is unacceptable.

Naturally, in this vein, Aliyev did not miss the opportunity to once  again denigrate Armenia, having again jumped up with a "saber" on his  fake-agitation horse, speaking of Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan (Nzhdeh).  "A six-meter monument is being erected to such a person in Armenia,  at the opening of which the president, the former president of this  country was present," Aliyev said.

"We must tell the truth, otherwise discussions in the format of this  organization, frankly, will lose their meaning. These issues should  be widely discussed, without selectivity, without political  correctness, directly and clearly," the President of Azerbaijan  said,.