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The Armenian name for where Noah first descended from Mount Ararat | Нахиджеван, армянское название, то место, куда Ной впервые спустился с горы Арарат
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An international inspection team led by the Kingdom of Denmark, consisting of 9 representatives from the United States, Germany, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, conducted an inspection and evaluation of the “Specified Area” in the Combined-Arms Army, Trend reports referring to the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan.
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In April 2011, when a US Ambassador traveled to Azerbaijan, on the southwestern edge of the former USSR, he was denied access to the riverside borderland that separates this South Caucasus nation from Iran. But it was not a foreign foe that halted the visit. Instead, his Azerbaijani hosts insisted that the envoy’s planned investigation inside the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan (officially, Naxçıvan Autonomous Republic) could not proceed because it was motivated by fake news. The ambassador had intended to probe the reported destruction of thousands of historical Medieval Christian Armenian artworks and objects at the necropolis of Djulfa in Nakhichevan. This cemetery is recorded to have once boasted the world’s largest collection of khachkars — distinctive Armenian cross-stones. However, according to Azerbaijani officials this reported destruction was a farce, that the site had not been disturbed, because it never existed in the first place. Despite ample testimony to the contrary, Azerbaijan claims that Nakhichevan was never Armenian.
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What’s going on in Nakhichevan? It worries me. Not the at-best-misleading “news” (several weeks ago) emanating from Azerbaijan that they took control of territory that had been in Armenian hands. Even if that were true, it would be an insignificant blip, and, it’s not true.
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The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC) sorrowfully marks the 13th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s destruction of the historic Armenian cemetery of Djulfa.
The ANCC is calling on the Canadian government to hold Azerbaijan accountable for the systematic destruction of Armenian historical, cultural, and religious sites and monuments.
Continue reading “Azerbaijan Must Be Held Accountable for the Destruction of Armenian Cultural Heritage”
The Armenian Armed Forces continue controlling the strategic initiative at the Nakhijevan section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a campaigning event in Ararat.
Photo caption: Novelist Akram Aylisli at his home in Baku. Aylisli’s controversial novel Stone Dreams has just been published in English for the first time. (photo: Joshua Kucera)
Work has begun on the construction of a railway line between the Turkish city of Kars and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, within the framework of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) project.
Continue reading “Baku-Tbilisi-Kars to Expand to Nakhchivan”
YEREVAN—Azerbaijani forces continued targeting villages in Armenia proper, with Armenia’s Defense Ministry reporting that on Saturday evening, Azerbaijani forces fired at the direction of Areni village from Nakhichevan.
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By Arman Navasardyan, (Ph.D., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary)
Modern Diplomacy
Turkey’s current foreign policy, emerging from the theory of New – Islamism and Pan-Turkism intertwined with expansionist Azerbaijan’s aspirations, poses a real threat to the security of the region and the territorial integrity of states.
The Turkish-Azerbaijani militaristic policy includes Nakhichevan, thus the Armenian authorities as well as the society can’t be unconcerned about it.
Continue reading “Military-political events in and around Nakhichevan”
“In Nakhijevan we control an area equal to that of Yerevan, including the international airport,” Member of Parliament Mihran Hakobyan, Republican Party, said in an interview with the Armenian Time. Two days before he had announced that the Armenian side keeps 20,000 hectares of area in Nakhijevan under control.
Continue reading “Armenian Army Controls Nakhijevan’s International Airport and Town”