Catholicos of All Armenians raises issue of displaced Artsakh residents in Vatican

In addition to the meeting with the Pope, His Holiness also met with the responsible cardinals of various Vatican structures. Karekin II presented the issues of protecting the rights of the Armenians of Artsakh deprived of their homeland, preserving the spiritual and cultural heritage of Artsakh intact, and releasing prisoners of war and state officials held in Azerbaijan. His Holiness noted that in Azerbaijan they are not only distorting history through written materials, but are also physically destroying historical monuments built in Armenian Artsakh over millennia. The main goal of the Azerbaijanis is to present to the world that Armenians are not indigenous people, they are even changing place names.