Karabakh offers to swap Azerbaijani paintings with Armenian treasuresOctober 27, 2021 - 10:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Lusine Karakhanyan has confirmed that after the First Karabakh War, Armenia possesses 4 dozen Azerbaijani paintings, which the Armenian side is ready to exchange, Aravot.am reports. The Minister noted that the Azerbaijani side, which had not expressed interest in said paintings for 30 years, has now been offered to exchange them for the Armenian cultural treasures trapped in Shushi. "This is paradoxical: they are not interested in their values, but are used to robbing others. I cannot say in detail what kind of works they are, I know that these are Azerbaijani paintings," Karakhanyan said. "We proposed this option within the cooperation with Russian peacekeepers immediately after the war, but these people are ignorant, this is a nation that does not value culture, but only steals culture. We are in such a difficult situation. The Russian peacekeeping contingent has cultural and educational personnel, and we worked with them." Russian peacekeepers were deployed to the region immediately after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 9 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. The United States believes there should be an international mission to provide transparency. Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |