Azerbaijan's Cultural Revisionism Threatens Armenian Heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

• •Azerbaijan organized a tour promoting its narrative of Armenian heritage as Caucasian Albanian.
• •Over 120,000 Armenians were expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, raising ethnic cleansing concerns.
• •Armenia's government has not publicly responded to the Azerbaijani tour or its implications.

Azerbaijan recently hosted a tour for foreign diplomats to promote its narrative that Armenian cultural sites in Nagorno-Karabakh are actually Caucasian Albanian. This event, which included representatives from 58 countries, has drawn criticism from former Nagorno-Karabakh officials and Armenian scholars. The Azerbaijani government has been accused of using this tour to further its agenda of erasing Armenian heritage following the expulsion of over 120,000 Armenians from the region in September 2023, which many observers labeled as ethnic cleansing. Despite the significant implications for peace in the South Caucasus, Armenia's government has not publicly responded to these developments. The lack of engagement from Armenian state institutions raises concerns about the preservation of Armenian identity in the region. The systematic revisionism by Azerbaijan is seen as a direct threat to long-term stability and reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan.