Azerbaijani regime destroys Armenian village of Mariamadzor

ArmInfo. The fascist regime of Azerbaijan continues to destroy historical and architectural monuments, settlements and residential areas in the temporarily  occupied territories of Artsakh. This is stated in the publication of  the Ombudsman of the Cultural Heritage of the Armenian Highlands on  her Facebook account. 

According to the source, the Artsakh village of Mariamadzor, located  in the Hadrut region, has become the new target of Azerbaijan's  aggressive policy. "All these facts once again confirm that the  entire heritage of universal value in the territory of Artsakh is  under threat of complete destruction and appropriation, which is also  a manifestation of genocide," the statement of the Ombudsman of the  Cultural Heritage says.

The statement also recalls that a similar policy of Azerbaijan at the  state level two decades ago led to the unpunished destruction of  thousand-year-old khachkars in Old Jugha in Nakhichevan.

"It is not surprising that similar actions will take place in  occupied Artsakh, where Azerbaijan enjoys complete freedom of  action," the statement continues.

At the same time, it is noted that acts of vandalism against Armenian  cultural heritage in Artsakh are recorded by international scientific  centers, which will create important documentary grounds for  presenting Azerbaijan before the International Court as a state that  committed genocide and terrorism.  Back in the summer of 2024, the  Caucasus Heritage Watch (CHW) organization in its 7th report on the  situation around Artsakh signaled a 75% increase in cases of  destruction of Armenian heritage in the occupied territories of the  NKR by Azerbaijan, and a 29% increase in the number of objects  classified as under threat.