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Delegation of Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage has visited Azerbaijan, APA reports. Robert Palmer, Director of Cultural and Natural Heritage leads the delegation. The guests have had a meeting in Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
The film on current situation of material and cultural monuments of Azerbaijan under the occupied territories has been demonstrated at the meeting. The guests were informed that after the occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenian armed forces, there were 1891 cultural and historical monuments and their fate were not known yet. Robert Palmer briefed the journalists after the meeting.
“The visit aims to conduct consultations on the visit of delegation, which will clarify the situation of material, cultural and historical monuments and solve technical issues. The Council of Europe considers that destruction of monuments is unacceptable. The mission aims to monitor and clarify the current situation of monuments in Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijan and Armenia have presented the list of monuments, which they are anxious about their fate.
We will coordinate the lists within the framework of the visit. The process will end late in July. The fact-finding mission of Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage will visit the region in September”, he said. The date of the visit has not been determined yet. He noted that security and technical work was under way. Asked from which country the Council of Europe mission will pass Robert Palmer noted that Azerbaijani and Armenian governments should coordinate this issue.
