Azerbaijan has been informed about another attempt of Armenians to present the items of Azerbaijani cultural heritage as Armenian in Hermitage Museum in Russia.

“We have been informed about this. This is another Armenian provocation,” Hikmet Hajiyev, a spokesman for Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, told Trend Sept. 21.

“Azerbaijan’s embassy in Russia and the country’s Consulate General in St. Petersburg are taking measures to prevent this provocation,” he added.

Armenians plan to present the coins of Azerbaijani khanates as eastern Armenian coins in Hermitage Museum.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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