Fearing that the participation of the Armenian scientists in the conference themed ‘’Cities in the suburbs. Studying the urban development of the late ancient period in the South Caucasus (300-600 AD)’’ will deprive the Azerbaijani participants of the opoortunity to freely spread disinformation, the organizers of the conference preferred to cancel the conference, ARMENPRESS was informed from the National Academy of Science (NAS) of Armenia.
Aarhus University of Denmark had planned the conference ‘’Cities in the suburbs. Studying the urban development of the late ancient period in the South Caucasus (300-600 AD)’’, inviting specialists from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Dagestan. No specialists from Armenia or experts in Armenian studies had been invited to the conference.
At the initiative of Dr Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev (Aix-Marseille University), numerous famous scientists representing various countries addressed the organizers of the conference with a letter, suggesting that Armenian scientists should also be invited.
The authors of the letter, reminding that ‘’just a few months ago Azerbaijan unleashed war against non-recognized Nagorn...
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