London, England, Feb 18, 2022 / 03:00 am
A British human rights campaigner asked the U.N.’s culture agency this week to ensure the protection of historic Christian sites in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Caroline Cox (Baroness Cox), an independent member of the British House of Lords, made the appeal in a Feb. 15 letter to Audrey Azoulay, the director-general of UNESCO.
“I write to express my deep concern about the fate of Armenian Christian churches, Khachkars (carved stone crosses), and cultural heritage sites in Nagorno Karabakh, which are now under Azerbaijan’s control,” she wrote.
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