Azerbaijani interference caused change of Shusha's name in Armenian variant in CE recommendations

Azerbaijani delegation member participating in PACE Rafael Huseynov has informed APA in his statement that two significant issues for Azerbaijan have been discussed in the meeting.

Rafael Hasanov taking part in the discussion of rapporteur O'Hara from Great Britain on cultural monuments' situation in the South Caucasus, to the region, said that several times a problem was raised in PACE on Armenian aggression against Azerbaijani Cultural Heritage.

"It was decided on the base of documents prepared on historical monuments in Nakhchivan claimed to be Armenian graves and on the Azerbaijani cultural monuments condition in Armenia, expert group headed by O’Hara will visit Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, investigate the situation of Cultural Heritage in the South Caucasus."

Rafael Huseynov said that the mission will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on May 28.

Firstly, he will visit Nakhchivan, then Georgia where Armenia and Azerbaijani Cultural Heritage will be investigated. The next visit will be to Armenia. The mission will pay a visit to Nagorno Karabakh after investigating Azerbaijani and Georgia cultural monuments in Armenia. The visit will end on June 4.

Rafael Huseynov said the mission will visit Shusha: "I have prepared three documents on the cultural Heritage in Shusha. It is indicated in the recommendation of Council of Europe investigations will be conducted on the base of these documents in Shusha. In the document on a visit to Shusha the word Shushi was written in the bracket, that I rejected it saying that it's name in the map is Shusha, after that they corrected this mistake. Besides it there was indicated that Armenian graves will be investigated in Nakhchivan visit, I told them that Azerbaijani science of history has proved these graves to be Alban graves. Islamic religion spread since IX centuries in Azerbaijan. Until that period, different religion as well as Christians existed in Azerbaijan. And now Armenians want to inherit those monuments. After my rejection this item also was excluded from the document."