Yerevan urged UNESCO to urgently intervene and save the cultural  monuments not destroyed by Azerbaijan in the occupied territories of  Artsakh

ArmInfo. The next day, This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia in terms of consistent violations by Azerbaijan of  international humanitarian law and human rights in the occupied  territories of the Republic of Artsakh.

In the Armenian foreign policy department, they recalled that  throughout the war, the Azerbaijani armed forces with obvious  violations of international humanitarian law were carried out by mass  crimes, including ethnic cleansing and war crimes against Armenians  of Artsakh.

"During the Azerbaijani occupation of the Gadrutsky district, once  prosperous settlements with dozens of thousands of Armenian residents  were completely destroyed, a numerous number of civilians were  killed. The international community, including the UN High  Commissioner for Human Rights and the organization of Human Rights  Watch, expressed their firm position relative to those who had In the  Gadrutsky district with explicit violations of the Geneva Convention  of events, when the conviction was carried out over the prisoners of  civilians, "the Armenia was emphasized.

At the same time, Official Yerevan stated that the statements of the  President of Azerbaijan in the Gadrurt district reveal the intention  of Baku to destroy the Armenian settlements and build Azerbaijani in  their place, which is a violation of the provisions of the trilateral  statement of November 9, 2020, according to which displaced persons  should return to their relatives places.

"This once again proves that Armenians cannot exist under the  Azerbaijani control of Armenians," the Armenian Foreign Ministry  stressed.

In the Armenian foreign policy, also indicated that, as part of its  ethnic cleansing policy, Azerbaijan undertakes successive steps aimed  at the destruction or assigning Armenian cultural heritage of  Artsakh.  "In parallel with the physical destruction of the cultural  monuments of Artsakh, who were under their control, Azerbaijan at  present at the highest level began to prevent the falsification of  historical facts and the alienation of religious and cultural values  from the Armenian people. This goal also serve as presidential  statements of Azerbaijan on what The Armenian Church of the 17th  century in the village of Zakuri Gadrutsky district is <Albanian> and  that Armenian inscriptions on the walls <fake>, thereby creating a  fertile soil for the next act of vandalism. It is noteworthy that on  the published video, the aforementioned church has already undergone  an act of vandalism, so how religious symbols were removed from  there.

In this light, the fact of the destruction of the Church of St. John  the Baptist, famous for the people called <Kanash Zham> cities of  Shushi. It is noteworthy that the church was destroyed several months  after hostilities. The concerns that the Armenian side expressed from  the very first days of transition under the control of the  Azerbaijani side of Armenian historical and cultural monuments,  actually become a reality. These facts show that Azerbaijan's  assurances that this country will retain the Christian historical and  cultural heritage and is ready to cooperate with UNESCO are  absolutely false. In the current situation, an urgent intervention of  the international community, in particular UNESCO, with the aim of  salvation is still not destroyed monuments.

<The peace>, which will be formed on the basis of the destruction of  civilian settlements of Artsakh, the historical and cultural  heritage, the destruction of the Armenian population and creating  Azerbaijani settlements instead, cannot be durable and long. We will  continue our struggle for a fair and decent world, working closely  with international partners, "the official Yerevan summed up.