YEREVAN (YERKIR) – Armenian cultural monuments being destroyed in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Western Armenia were shown at an open-air exhibition on Tuesday outside the Yerevan State University.
The exhibition title “Cultural Genocide” was organized by the ARF’s Nikol Aghbalian Student Union, which for several years now, holds such exhibitions on the eve of the Armenian Genocide anniversary.
The photos on display show how Armenian monuments are gradually destroyed in the neighboring countries. While last year’s exhibition showed only photos of the Armenian monuments in Western Armenia, this year it was expanded to include the pictures from all four neighbors of Armenia.
“It is not an accident that Iran was included in this exhibition,” said NASU Chairman Iskhan Saghatelian. “The situation in that country is completely different. Iran is the best example of the dialogue of civilizations.
But in the other three countries, our historical monuments are in poor state. The governments of those countries sanction destruction of tour monuments. By organizing this exhibition we call on our compatriots, politicians and international community to prevent the further destruction.”
Answering the question on how the international community is to know about this exhibition, Saghatelian said the ARF youth organizations hold similar exhibitions in other countries and, in addition, the NASU plans to send the electronic version of the exhibition to the foreign missions in Yerevan. “We belive it will help,” Saghatelian said.
“The Council of Europe condemned to destruction of the Armenian khachkars (stone crosses) in Old Julfa thanks to the efforts of the ARF Hay Dat offices and other organizations. If we put efforts we would ensure that such vandalism is prevented.”
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