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06 March 2006 [10:58] - Today.Az
"We want Council of Europe fact-finding mission to monitor cultural and historical monuments not only in Azerbaijan, but also in Armenian regions where Azerbaijanis lived once," Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists.
According to APA, Azerbaijan has recently asked the Council of Europe to send its Fact-Finding Mission to investigate the destruction of Azerbaijani monuments in the territories occupied by Armenia. Following that, Armenia applied to several international organizations, including the Council of Europe regarding the alleged destruction of Armenian monuments in Azerbaijani province of Nakhchivan. Armenian sources wrote that the Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis said in his reply to Armenian parliament speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan that the fact-finding mission would be sent to Nakhchivan and Nagorno Karabakh. However, Mr.Mammadyarov said that it had not been decided in Strasbourg yet.
"Both Nakhchivan and Nagorno Karabakh are parts of Azerbaijan. So, the fact-finding mission should monitor the monuments in Armenia too," Mammadyarov said.
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