Armenian community of Georgia calls on country`s authorities to  cancel a concert organized by Azerbaijan to mark anniversary of  44-day war

ArmInfo. The Armenian community of Georgia declared the concert in Tbilisi, organized by Azerbaijan to commemorate the anniversary of the 44-day war,  unacceptable and called on the Georgian authorities to cancel the  event.

"We appeal to the Georgian Ministry of Culture to take into account  the fact that the Azerbaijani Embassy is organizing a concert on  November 6 entitled "5th Anniversary of Victory Day - November 8."  Azerbaijan commemorates this day as the victory in the 44-day war in  Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in 2020. The event will be held in the  grand hall of the Shota Rustaveli State Academic Theater in Tbilisi,  which seats over 700 people. The building was founded by Yesai  Pitoyev and supported by philanthropist Alexander Mantashev.

During the 2020 war, thousands of Armenians were killed, many  families were destroyed, and 11,458 square kilometers of Artsakh's  territory, including the historic city of Shushi, were occupied. For  the first time in history, Artsakh was left without Armenians, and  the residents of Artsakh were expelled from their ancestral lands. It  is unacceptable to celebrate these events as "victory." We express  our outrage, as such an event is taking place at a time when... "When  thousands of Armenian families continue to suffer the consequences of  ethnic cleansing, and a sham trial of civilians and former leaders of  a region illegally occupied by Azerbaijan is taking place in Baku.  This is a gross violation of international humanitarian law.  We are  convinced that the Georgian Ministry of Culture, as the body that  protects the country's cultural and moral values, must not remain  indifferent to such manifestations, as holding such events in Tbilisi  contributes to the deepening of interethnic clashes.

We urge you to consider preventing such events from being held in  state cultural institutions and to express a position consistent with  the spirit of humanism, justice, and respect for human dignity," the  statement from the Armenian community of Georgia reads.