Ambassador of Armenia meets with the editor-in-chief of Vatican based "L Osservatore Romano" newspaper
ArmInfo. Amid Azerbaijan's attempts to falsify Armenian history, the Ambassador of Armenia to the Holy See Boris Sahakyan met with Andrea Monda, the director and editor-in-chief of the Vatican's "L'Osservatore Romano"newspaper.
As reported by the press service of the Armenian Embassy, during the meeting they discussed further cooperation in popularizing Armenia's rich historical, cultural, Christian heritage, which is part of the common Christian heritage, and raising awareness of the threats it faces.
In this regard, it was emphasized how important it is to never distort the originality of cultural heritage, religious buildings and historical facts that are indisputable and recognized by the international community, including the scientific community.
It should be noted that earlier, Lilit Galstyan, a member of the opposition parliamentary faction "Armenia", stated that Azerbaijan continues the policy of vandalism, destruction or appropriation of the cultural heritage of Artsakh. At the same time, she added that Azerbaijanis have found international partners in this "activity", and, unfortunately, their hands have already reached the Vatican. According to her, the Vatican's periodical "L'Osservatore Romano" recently published an article signed by Rossella Fabiani entitled " At the Origins of Christianity. In the footsteps of the Albanian Apostolic Church in Azerbaijan". In the article the author talks about her so-called research and educational visit to "Caucasian Albania", which was actually to Artsakh. "Referring to some local researcher, she spreads and confirms the hypothesis of Armenians arriving in the region, stating that we came to the Azerbaijani lands from Iran and Turkey. Additionally, it states that local Armenians forced the Udis to renounce their faith and become followers of the Apostolic Church.
During his visit to Azerbaijan, R. Fabiani was accompanied by Akhundov's student, an "expert" in Albanian culture, S. Gadzhieva. And, naturally, she concludes that in the 13th century, the monastery complexes of Dadivank (referred to as Khudavank in the article) and Gandzasar (referred to as Genjasar in the article) are the largest representations of Albanian culture and the Albanian church on the territory of Azerbaijan. As you can see, the Azerbaijani policy of erasing the Armenian trace in Artsakh is taking on new forms and expressions. It is sad, but this is the reality: Azerbaijan has succeeded in making the Vatican an involuntary participant in its cultural purging (cultural genocide). By the way, in the above-mentioned article "Dadivank is presented as the Albanian Vatican," the MP noted.