According to the information at Hayots Ashkharh daily’s disposal, Icomos international council on monuments and sites demanded satellite Images of destroyed cross-stones of Julfa, provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Using high-resolution satellite imagery, AAAS documented the phased destruction of a medieval Armenian cemetery in the Djulfa region of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Based on the assessment of satellite images from 2003 and 2009, AAAS found evidence that the cemetery area was likely destroyed and later leveled by earth-moving equipment.

A khachkar is a cross-bearing carved memorial stele covered with rosettes and botanical motifs, characteristic of Armenian art.