The National Council of the Republic of Slovenia discussed the initiative to support the peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at its 24th plenary session on 10th December 2014 and in accordance with Article 98 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Council adopted the following decision:
“Armenia ignores the decision of UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict regarding the protection of cultural property in the occupied territories”
Acting spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hikmet Hajiyev said that Armenian media outlets, especially “azbarez.com” website disseminated reports that at a press conference on December 8 with the Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, asked whether Uruguay, recognizing the Armenian genocide, may become the first country to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, Uruguay’s Vice-President Danilo Astori said “My country is working on it”.
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited the Azerbaijanis, taken hostage by Armenians in Kalbajar region.
Elkhan Suleymanov
Member of Azerbaijani Delegation to PACE
By Arye Gut/JNS.org
On February 23, 1918, the supreme governing body of the South Caucasus -the Transcaucasian Seim was created.
According to a UNESCO decision, the Mugham of Azerbaijan has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In Azerbaijan proper, where the Mugham is perceived as an integral part of a system of fundamental cultural values of the Azerbaijani people, this decision is viewed both as a recognition of the merits by outstanding representatives of the genre and as a desire to attract the attention of the world’s cultural community to this unique heritage.
The book titled “Nagorno Karabakh: facts versus lies” (Нагорный Карабах: факты против лжи) by Arsen Malik-Shahnazarov, advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic since 1993, was printed in 3,000 copies by Volshebniy Fonar publishing house (Moscow).
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