Metropolitan Museum of Art calls for protection of cultural heritage sites in Nagorno Karabakh

The leadership of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has issued a statement on the Armenian cultural heritage sites, Voice of America reports.

“The recent bloodshed and destruction in the Nagorno Karabakh region is a global tragedy of grave concern to us all. In addition to our plea and hope for the violence to stop, as museum leaders we urge that cultural heritage sites be protected.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is dedicated to preserving and exhibiting human creativity of over 5,000 years from across the globe. As the organizer and host of the 'Armenia!' exhibition in 2018—which was the first major exhibition to explore the remarkable artistic and cultural ...