Yerevan and Baku must agree on refusing from practice to destroy cultural values

We offer to establish a working group under UNESCO patronage, in order to work out measures for protecting Armenian cemeteries in Azerbaijan and Azeri cemeteries in Armenia, said Chairman of the Union of Armenians in Russia, President of World Armenian Congress and UNESCO Good Will Ambassador Ara Abrahamyan. “We have discussed this question with UNESCO General-Director Koiitiro Matsuura. Baku and Yerevan must agree on refusing from the practice to destroy cultural and humanitarian values,” A. Abrahamyan stressed. In his words, currently historical monuments are being reconstructed in former Yugoslavia. Thus, financial means are gathered for restoration of orthodox churches and mosques in Kosovo, corresponding projects are being worked out. “One more way to overcome conflicts is search of points of contact. They can be various. For example, in Balkans they could agree on introducing changes in history textbooks. We always have to begin from something,” concluded Ara Abrahamyan, ITAR-TASS reports.