The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan welcomes the agreement reached on the direction in the near future the UNESCO Mission to Azerbaijan and Armenia. This is stated in the report of the Ministry.
“in Armenia there is a rich historical, cultural and religious heritage of the Azerbaijanis who lived there for centuries. In 1869, according to statistics published in the Caucasian calendar in 1870, which was published by the Office of the Governor of Russia in the Caucasus, only In the Irevan province there were 269 mosques.
In addition to mosques, this list includes the Khan Palace in Hyryvan, the walls of the Irevan Fortress, as well as numerous baths, caravansers, tombs, cemeteries that existed in the territory of modern Armenia, “agency is noted.
Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture hopes that the upcoming UNESCO mission will be important from the point of view of detailed study, monitoring and documenting the heritage of the Azerbaijani people in Armenia.