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Armenia is not against that UNESCO carries out research in its territory on cultural monuments, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan in a meeting with the journalists today.

“We are not against receiving the experts of UNESCO both in Armenia and Karabakh. But Azerbaijan every time creates some obstacles to the implementation of the mission,” said the minister and added that the issue has been discussed many timers either with UNESCO authorities or other high ranking bodies.

The minister said that the question of whether the mission arrives in Armenia or not is not certain. “The mission should visit Azerbaijan also but for that they need to make arrangements with them. That is the point why Koishiro Mazooro the director of UNESCO is so careful in his expressions,” stated Nalbandyan.

“The problem is that Armenian cultural heritage is being destroyed and thousands of them have been destroyed before. This is not the middle age when we should sit calmly and watch how our heritage is demolished and no initiative is taken,” he said.

Remind: thousands Armenian khachcars (cross stones) have been demolished under ground or broken and poured into Araks river.