On April 18 within the framework of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Eighth Meeting an exhibition dedicated to preservation of cultural property in the National Assembly was opened. In the exhibition the Armenian monuments left out of the Armenian territory after the World War I are mainly presented. Armen Roustamyan, Committee Co-Chairman highlighted the opening of such exhibition in the aspect of focusing the society’s attention on the preservation of the historical monument. Representatives of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, NA deputies and others participated at the opening of the exhibition, which initiated the NGO Research on the Armenian Architecture.

Armen Hakhnazaryan, Chairman of the NGO Research on Armenian Architecture, presenting the diamonds of the Armenian architecture, noted that the goal of the NGO is the preservation and evaluation of the Armenian architectural values left out of Armenia after World War I.

Hranush Hakobyan, NA deputy, highlighted the organization of the exhibition from the viewpoint of presenting our Armenian cultural property to European deputies. In Mrs. Hakobyan’s opinion the destruction of the architectural monuments by our neighbours is unacceptable, reminding that both the UNESCO and the civilized world have put a task to preserve the cultural property.