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The Azerbaijani state policy of appropriation and destruction of Armenian historical and cultural heritage continues to grow exponentially in the Azerbaijani-occupied Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). “Ombudsman of Culture of Hayk,” Hovik Avanesov, noted this on Facebook. He added as follows:

On February 4, the Azerbaijani REAL TV channel published a video from occupied [Nagorno-Karabakh’s capital of] Stepanakert on its YouTube platform. Preliminary studies of the video show that the cross of St. Hakob Church in the Hekimyan district of Stepanakert, the capital of the Artsakh Republic, has been removed, and the khachkar [(cross-stone)] in the yard is also missing in the video. In the future, in case of other information, we will make an additional announcement. The foundations of the church were laid in September 2005, and the construction work lasted for about 1.5 years until May 6, 2007.

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