The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan has issued a statement in connection with the exhibition of Shusha carpets in Armenia, the Ministry told SİA.
The statement says that the Armenian media (https://armenpress.am/rus/news/1043451.html) disseminated information that on February 20 at the National Architectural Museum-Institute named after Tamanyan in Armenia will be an exhibition of carpets taken from the Shusha Carpet Museum on November 1: "The carpets called "Arsakh" to be presented at the exhibition are examples of our national heritage of Karabakh, which is an integral part of our country. This exhibition is another theft and misappropriation by Armenians."
The statement notes that historically Armenians were not engaged in carpet weaving, but in the carpet trade, and in the process of trade they tried to form a false idea, presenting Azerbaijani carpets as Armenian: “Y. Zedgenidze, who conducted research in Karabakh in the 19th century, writes that the entire Muslim population was engaged in carpet weaving, The carpets woven in Karabakh ranked first in the entire Caucasus in terms of quantity and quality. Armenians did not practice this art, on the contrary, they looked at carpet weaving through the prism of "unwanted work".
Thus, the demonstrative holding under the auspices of the Armenian government of an exhibition of carpets illegally taken out of the Shusha Museum is a vivid example of Armenia's disregard for international conventions, and UNESCO should express its attitude to this.
It is noted that the Ministry of Culture will carry out the necessary legal procedures with UNESCO on this issue.
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