The medieval Dadivank Armenian monastery located in Karvachar Region of Azerbaijan-occupied Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), has been handed over to the administration of the Udi community, reports Monument Watch.

According to Azerbaijani media, "During the period of occupation from 1993 to 2020, Armenians attempted to falsify the history of the temple, attempting to present it as theirs. But after the liberation, it was returned to the original owners."

According to Monument Watch, after the end of the war in 2020, the Azerbaijani campaign, along with the propaganda of the appropriation of the Armenian cultural heritage, began to actively involve the Udi Christians living in Azerbaijan, the followers of the Armenian Gregorian Church. The main reason was that the Udis are the only Christians among the peoples of Caucasian Albania.

Meanwhile, the inscriptions preserved on the walls of this monastery and the ancient khachkars (cross-stones) on its territory document the antiquity and Armenianness of Dadivank. There are historical information and testimonies in various foreign literature and professional works regarding the construction of this monastery.