ARMENIAN CHURCH IN BAKU TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO LIBRARY

Preparations for transformation of the Armenian Church into a library with a reading corner for the Azeri President are going on in Baku, Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev said. In his words, Ilham Aliyev attended the Armenian Church lately and inquired of its activities. “There came suggestion on its transformation into a library. In my opinion, science should develop and there should be books in a church, which is considered to be God's home. There is nothing strange in it,” Garayev said, reported APA news agency.

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Preparations for transformation of the Armenian Church into a library with a reading corner for the Azeri President are going on in Baku, Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev said. ...