Five Muslim religious institutes have been renovated and preserved in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) over the last three years – the Upper Mosque in Shushi, Lower Mosque in Shuhsi, Vagif madrasah, Meh Mandavor prayer house, as well as a mosque in Aghdam, Arman Grigoryan, Head of the Division for Renovation and Use of Cultural and Historical Monuments, Tourism Department, NKR Government, told NEWS.am. 

He pointed out that the Meh Mandarov prayer house has been renovated, and the Lower Mosque in Shushi, as well as the Aghdam Mosque, has been given a facelift. Since 2008, the NKR Government has allocated a total of 30 million AMD (U.S. $83,000) for this purpose. “A total of 10 million AMD (U.S. $27,700) are allocated from the budget every year, which is not enough for renovating the monuments,” Grigoryan said.

Studies and certification of Muslim cultural monuments are under way in Nagorno-Karabakh as well.

Grigoryan said that 99% of more than 10,000 cultural and historical monuments need renovating. The mosques located in Nagorno-Karabakh are mostly Persian