January 9, 2007 - 15:50 AMT
Baku's Vandalism in Nakhichevan in 2006 at the Center of Attention of RA MFA
The relations with Azerbaijan in 2006 were of limited character and were conditioned in the frameworks of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict peace talks. A number of meetings were organized during international forums, and the representatives of Media of both countries had several meetings, says the annual report of RA MFA on Armenia's foreign activities in 2006. Alongside, the report underlines that the destruction of Armenian cemetery in Old Djulfa in Nakhichevan casts doubt on Azerbaijan's will to walk along peaceful way of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

"Armenia gives a special significance to the deliberate destruction of the Armenian cultural heritage by the Azeri authorities, since those displays of vandalism not only destroy cultural monuments, but also do not contribute to the establishing of mutual confidence between the two nations. Azerbaijan's actions in Nakhichevan in 2006 were at the center of attention of the RA MFA. In this regard a number of measures were taken in several directions at once. The Armenian MFA informed the international community on the vandalism, which was condemned by CoE and UNESCO. Currently the Azeri side refuses to grant mandates to any international mission for visiting Nakhichevan to estimate the situation on khachkars," says the report.