News - Azerbaijani museum, mosque, square in Karabakh's Shushi at area of destroyed Armenian Genocide monument

There will be Azerbaijani museum, mosque, and square in Azerbaijani-occupied Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh) Shushi city, at the area of the now-destroyed Armenian Genocide monument, reports monumentwatch.org, which monitors Artsakh's Armenian cultural heritage,. On September 20, the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, visited Shushi, attended the opening of the "Flag Square," which was built in 2021 at the place of the memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide—but now destroyed by Azerbaijan. According to the information spread by the Azerbaijani media, a "victory museum" dedicated to Azerbaijan's victory in the 44-day war in 2020 will also be built near the "Flag Square." The new Shushi mosque marking the "victory" of Azerbaijan is also being built there, and its groundbreaking was carried out by the president of Azerbaijan back in May 2021. After the 44-day war, the Azerbaijani side gives a special place to the capture of Shushi as "a symbol of the victory in the war for the liberation of Karabakh." So, these three complexes to be built at the high point of the city are given special importance. These three structures, especially the mosque and the museum, symbolize the destruction of Armenian Artsakh and the ethnic cleansing of its Armenians, added monumentwatch.org.