YEREVAN.- Armenia is not decisive in its official position on protection of monuments in Azerbaijan, said historian Samvel Karapetyan.

According to him, the case with the Armenian khachkars (cross-stones) of Old Jugha revealed Armenian side’s distanced position on protection of its own culture and history.

“Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian only mentioned it once, instead of voicing this position in all agencies. We must have struggled for the treasure we had lost. The whole world lost Jugha’s khachkars. Our pain is deeper, but in fact we are silent,” he emphasized.

The head of Research on Armenian Architecture NGO reminded of the Armenian churches in Nakhchivan which are destroyed.

He said that liberation of territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh saved Armenian churches, as under other circumstances they would have been destroyed.

He reminded that Cyprus government filed about 1,600 lawsuits against Turkey for elimination of 1,600 Christian, including Armenian, buildings.