Youth initiative seeks truth behind issue of Armenia’s historic monumentsAugust 8, 2011 - 14:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - We Won’t Keep Silent youth initiative continues addressing the issue of neglected Armenian shrines. A message, issued by the initiative, attempts to find out an entity responsible for preservation of Armenian cultural heritage, while Holy Etchmiadzin and Armenian Ministry of Culture continue shifting blame on each other. According to the head of Holy Etchmiadzin information services, Father Vahram Melikyan, “the Catholicos of All Armenians had repeatedly applied to the Agency for Preservation of Monuments at Armenian Ministry of Culture. Holy Etchmiadzin, as well as then-President Robert Kocharian, requested to provide projects and estimates for restoration of cultural monuments. However the appeal was not considered, nor was a project provided.” To clarify the situation, the youth initiative applied to Ministry of Culture. On August 5, the Ministry issued a statement, denying receipt of any request from Holy Etchmiadzin or Armenian President. As the initiative noted, one of the two sides is concealing the truth, completely neglecting the necessity of preservation of Armenia’s cultural heritage. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |