«Apprehensions of Armenians and international intelligentsia that Azerbaijan's intentions to establish peace in the region are not serious confirmed. The organized armed response of Azerbaijan to peaceful demands of Karabakh self-determination was the first attempt of ethnic cleansing in the Soviet space twenty years ago,» Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian said at the opening of the first session of the UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva. Speaking of destruction of Armenian khachkars (stone crosses) in Old Julfa in Nakhichevan, Oskanian remarked that outrage of the memory and spirit of Armenians in the lands that belong to Azerbaijan now is cynical and dangerous. «Ancient khachkars were destroyed just a few months ago. Now there are no graves either,» the FM said.

Oskanian remarked that the Armenian people, who underwent terrible ordeals, had to witness destruction of monuments of its spiritual culture even in the 21st century. «The organized destruction of khachkars not far from Nagorno Karabakh signifies that Azerbaijan's tools and intentions did not change. This act brings to naught mutual confidence and peace,» Oskanian underscored, reports the Armenian MFA Press Service.