"Peace (without justice) erases memory: Armenian churches still under attack" di Carlo Coppola
La versione italiana di questo articolo di Carlo Coppola si trova su "In Città Giovinazzo" diretto dal prof. Antonio Calisi al seguente indirizzo:
Խաղաղությունը (առանց արդարադատության) ջնջում է հիշողությունը. հայկական եկեղեցիները դեռևս հարձակման տակ են: Կառլո Կոպպոլայի հոդված.
Despite the so-called peace agreement signed on 8 August 2025 between Armenia and Azerbaijan, brokered by the United States, the destruction of Armenian Christian heritage in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) has not only continued but has intensified. Presented as the end of the conflict between two sovereign states, the deal has failed to halt what many observers now describe as a systematic campaign of cultural erasure targeting Armenia’s historical and religious legacy.
Following the Azerbaijani military offensive of September 2023 and the forced displacement of more than 120,000 Armenians, the Washington agreement — which includes the commercial corridor known as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) — has drawn strong criticism. Detractors argue that it rests on unilateral Armenian concessions, while offering no binding guarantees regarding the right of return for displaced populations or the protection of cultural and religious heritage.
Gor Margaryan, analyst at the Geghard Foundation, has denounced Azerbaijan’s dual strategy: on one hand, the destruction of Armenian and centuries-old structures; on the other, the rebranding of Artsakh monuments as “Caucasian Albanian,” thereby rewriting history. Margaryan has also pointed to the partiality of certain international bodies in favour of Baku, stressing the urgent need for a new model of international cooperation capable of effectively countering this process.
Despite multiple orders issued by the International Court of Justice mandating the preservation of Armenian cultural heritage, and despite persistent satellite evidence, international silence continues. Armenia is left bearing a heavy cultural cost in the name of maintaining an illusory peace — one that risks collapsing once again under the weight of an adversary that persistently denies millennia of documented history and scholarship in order to advance its Armenophobic agenda.
