Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin responds to Azerbaijan`s anti-Armenian  event at the University of the Holy See

ArmInfo. The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin  responded to the anti-Armenian event organized by Azerbaijan at the Pontifical Gregorian University of the Holy See in Rome.

The statement of the Department of Interchurch Relations of the  Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin notes that on April 10 of this year,  at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, on the initiative of  the Embassy of Azerbaijan to the Holy See and several Azerbaijani  organizations, with the participation of representatives from  different countries, a conference "Christianity in Azerbaijan:  History and Modernity" was held.

 "During the event, the Azerbaijani propaganda machine once again  attempted to deny the Armenian identity of the historical and  cultural heritage of Armenia and Artsakh, to distort historical  realities with the malicious intent to appropriate them in the  future.  All this is happening in conditions when the international  community has not yet given a proper assessment of the genocidal  actions of Azerbaijan, the violation of the fundamental rights of all  Armenians forcibly displaced from Artsakh, the illegal and  humiliating actions against Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku  prisons, the appropriation of the spiritual and cultural heritage of  Artsakh and the complete destruction of Armenian traces.  We regret  that such an anti-scientific event was allowed to be organized in the  premises of a Catholic higher educational institution. In this  regard, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin will take the necessary  steps within the framework of inter-church communication," the  statement of the Department of Inter- Church Relations says.