Conference on preservation of cultural and spiritual heritage of  Nagorno-Karabakh was held in Brussels

ArmInfo.On January 24, a conference entitled "Preservation of the cultural and spiritual heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh", organized at the initiative of the European Parliament, was held in Brussels. This was reported by the  Office of the Mother See of Etchmiadzin.

At the event, the Ambassador of Armenia to Belgium Tigran Balayan and  Member of the European Parliament Miriam M. Lexmann made opening  remarks.

Director of the Center of the Mother See of Etchmiadzin, Garegin  Hambartsumyan, spoke about Azerbaijan's policy of attacking Armenian  shrines, destroying historical and cultural values, as well as the  urgency of the steps that the international community should take in  this direction.

In his report, he called for protecting the cultural and religious  heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh, respecting the freedom of religion and  belief enshrined in a number of international treaties, as well as  providing an opportunity for representatives of the UNESCO assessment  mission to visit Nagorno-Karabakh and document the status of cultural  monuments.

The conference also featured presentations by: Sneska  Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic,  Secretary General of the Europa Nostra,  a  pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, Armine Tigranyan,  Expert on the cultural heritage of Artsakh at the 'Bnorran'  historical and cultural public organization and  Pierre d'Argent,  professor at the University of Louvain and a guest professor at the  University of Leiden, Counsel for Armenia before the International  Court of Justice (ICJ).