MFA_Report_on_the_occupied_territories_March_2016_1

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Juma Mosque in the occupied city of Aghdam was destroyed and turned into a barn │Photo from “War against Azerbaijan: Targeting Cultural Heritage” (Baku, 2007) town in the Kalbajar district, mosques in the Zangilan, Gyrag Mushlan, Malatkeshin, Babayly and Ikinji Aghaly villages, medieval cemeteries in the Jahangirbayli, Babayly and Sharifan villages in the Zangilan district, ancient cemeteries in Gayaly and Mamar villages, the mosque in Mamar village in the Gubadly district, the mosque in Garygyshlag village and the ancient cemetery in Zabukh village in the Lachyn district, the mosque complex in Chalabilar village and the ancient cemetery in Khubyarly village in the Jabrayil district, mosques in Fuzuli town and the Gochahmadli, Merdmli and Garghabazar villages in the Fuzuli district, the cemeteries of the Khojavand, Akhullu, Kuropatkino, Dudukchu and Salakatin villages and the old cemetery of Tugh village in the Khojavand district, the ancient hammams in Umudlu village in the Tartar district and the cemetery of Karki village in the Sadarak district, have been destroyed, burnt down and pillaged. Acts of barbarism are accompanied by different methods of defacing the Azerbaijani cultural image of the occupied territories. Among them are large-scale construction works therein, such as, for example, the building of an Armenian church in the town of Lachyn. Excavations in the Azykh cave in the occupied Khojavand district (right) and vandalized interior of the cave (left) │Photo by Alvard Grigoryan│www.kavkaz-uzel.ru│04 August 2013 Excavations near Aghdam began in March 2005 and are currently ongoing under the direct supervision of Hamlet Petrosyan of the Armenia’s Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. Excavations in the Azykh cave of the Paleolithic Age in the occupied Khojavand district have been carried out since 2003. 560 Armenia attracts archaeologists from the UK, Spain, Ireland and The Netherlands for the work in the Azykh cave. 561 The Museum of History in the Kalbajar district with its unique collection of ancient coins, gold and silverware, rare and precious stones, carpets and other handicraft wares, museums in Shusha, 560 See “Monument and Society: Tigranakert of Artsakh”, Asbarez.com, 28 December 2012, ; “Excavations will continue in the Antic District of Tigranakert in Artsakh”, Armenpress.am, 04 May 2013, ; “Exhibition entitled Excavations in Azokh cave in Stepanakert”, Artsakhtoday.com, 04 September 2012, ; “Azokh cave exotic excerpts to be on disposal in Artsakh and Yerevan”, Armenpress.am, 31 August 2012, . 561 See “New Inhabitants of the AzokhCave”, Hetq.am¸16 October 2006, . 87
the Lachyn Museum of History, the Aghdam Museum of History and the Bread Museum and others have also been destroyed, pillaged, and their exhibits put on sale in different countries. A collection of ancient gold, silver and bronze artefacts discovered in the occupied Lachyn district, which date back to the 4th – 1st centuries BC, was misappropriated by the History Museum of Armenia, a State-run museum. 562 Analysis of the period of more than 20 years since the establishment of a ceasefire in 1994 demonstrates that armed hostilities have not destroyed Azerbaijani monuments to the extent to which this has been subsequently done by the Armenian side. XVII. Promoting of the occupied territories as a “tourist destination” and encouraging/ organizing illegal visits to/from these territories Armenia facilitates and organises visits to foreign countries by the agents of the subordinate separatist regime by issuing them Armenian passports, including diplomatic ones, to circumvent stringent visa requirements and unlawfully benefit from the simplified procedures for obtaining visas or from visa free travelling. Under whatever farfetched purpose of travel, they pursue the obvious goal of misleading and deceiving the international community and distracting the attention from the continued unlawful occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan by Armenia, which was achieved by the use of force, mass atrocities, ethnic cleansing and other flagrant violations of international law. Such visits only serve to propagate the unlawful separatist regime. The developments over the past years have shown that the lack of adequate reaction to provocative steps of the Armenian side only contributes to its growing sense of impunity and permissiveness, encourages Armenia to hold on to its uncompromising position in the peace process. Armenia continues to exploit tourism as a tool for its annexationist policies. In particular, tourism is being abused by Armenia to propagate the illegal separatist entity and generate financial means to consolidate the results of the occupation. 563 On a number of occasions, international tourism fairs and other events were used to mislead the general public by promoting the occupied territories of Azerbaijan as a “tourist destination”, in particular through creating booths and disseminating materials about the illegal separatist entity established by Armenia in those territories. 564 Under the influence of distorted information, some tourist companies include the Nagorno-Karabakh region into their travel itineraries, whereas this region is the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan. As a result, some foreign citizens unaware of the sensitive situation are purposefully deceived by such “promotion campaigns” ended up in the occupied territories and thus are dragged into this dangerous plot. 562 See “Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh Debate Ownership of Ancient Treasure”, EurasiaNet.org, 22 April 2011,. 563 See “Artsakh was presented at the international tourism exhibition ‘In Tour Expo – 2015’”, Karabakh.travel, 13 April 2015, . 564 See “Armenia and Artsakh participate at TTG Incontri tourism exhibition”, Arka.am, 10 October 2014, http://arka.am/en/news/tourism/ armenia_and_artsakh_participate_at_ttg_incontri_tourism_exhibition/; “Artsakh presented at Paris international tourism expo in separate pavilion”, Armenpress.am, 01 October 2014, http://armenpress.am/eng/news/778416/artsakh-presented-at-paris-international-tourismexpo-in-separate-pavilion.html; “Armenia and Artsakh To Be Represented at World Travel Market 2013”, Hetq.am¸ 04 November 2013, . 88
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Contents A. Introduction 5 B. Execu
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A. Introduction At the end of 1987,
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The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen co
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B. Executive Summary The examined e
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Armenian statistical information sh
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thus profit from and support the oc
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programmes that ultimately serve th
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the field commanders. 20 S.Ohanyan
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II. Continued attempts of Armenia t
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the country’s president.” 44 Ar
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the NKR.” 58 According to the Arm
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Armenian public to be a subsidiary
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planning, development of collaborat
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Settlement activities in the occupi
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and mechanical growth. 134 In 2001,
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the separatist regime Arthur Aghabe
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Orientation for the newly arrived S
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Page 50 and 51: percent shares of Armenia's Armswis
Page 52 and 53: Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Ab
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Page 58 and 59: The Asmaryan family from Syria work
Page 60 and 61: Former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsy
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Page 80 and 81: Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abr
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