List of religious monuments destroyed in Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani lands compiled
A list of religious monuments destroyed by Armenians in the Azerbaijani occupied territories has been prepared.
"The list includes 67 monuments," Trend news agency quoted Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations Elshad Iskandarov on Tuesday.
He added that this list was presented at the previous conference on 'Model of tolerance in Azerbaijan in the context of multiculturalism in Europe'.
The conference on "European Multiculturalism Prospects: Azerbaijani Model of Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Tolerance", co-organized by the London-based Anglo-Azerbaijani Society and UK-based Odlar Yurdu organization, and supported by Azerbaijan's State Committee on Religious Organizations and the Azerbaijani embassy in the UK took place in London on November 8.
"The matter rests in the monuments belonging to the Albanian and Christian churches misappropriated by the Armenians," he said. "We will also inform the world about of the Islamic heritage monuments and religious centers in the occupied territories."
The chairman of the committee stressed that this information is of great interest to the world community.
Also, earlier, in October the State Committee informed that it intended to submit a report on the destruction of Islamic monuments in Armenia and in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan to the international community.
Iskandarov said that the State Committee was preparing a report on the destruction of Islamic monuments in Armenia and in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
He also said the report would be submitted to the international community soon.
After invading Azerbaijan's territories Armenia has been pursuing the campaign of ruining cultural and historical monuments of the Azerbaijani people. The Armenians are also appropriating monuments of the ancient Caucasus Albania. A variety of ancient Albanian scripts, wall designs and crosses have been replaced by Armenian attributes. A number of mosques are used as store-houses. Buildings as well as unique exhibits of the museums located in the occupied Azerbaijani lands have been either destroyed or used as a basis for new museums, and the Armenians thus claim they belong to them.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a precarious cease-fire in 1994. Armenian armed forces have since occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno Karabakh, defying international calls and UN resolutions.