US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Matthew Bryza was denied entry into Julfa, the medieval Armenian cemetery, within his two day visit to the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan.
On his first official trip outside Baku in his current position, Ambassador Bryza sought to travel to Julfa to investigate the cemetery where Armenian Khachkars were reportedly destroyed in 2005, an act that has prompted protests by the European Parliament, international archaeological bodies, and civil society organizations, as well as Ambassador Bryza's immediate and deeply concerned response at the time to senior Azerbaijani officials.
"…before arriving as Ambassador, I traveled to Nakhchivan to investigate what happened in Julfa," says Bryza.
Armenian News
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