Expert Council for the Identification of Immovable Cultural Property under the Ministry of Culture Holds Its Next Meeting Deputy Minister of Culture Saadat Yusifova provided detailed information on the results of the work carried out by the Expert Council. It was noted that the Council continues its efforts to correct errors in the list of immovable historical and cultural monuments and to place sites of historical, architectural and archaeological significance under state protection. The Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has already issued opinions on 748 monuments and newly discovered sites previously discussed by the Council.

Chair of the Expert Council, Professor Gulchohra Mammadova, Rector of the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction, presented the issues on the agenda. She stated that new materials collected by staff of the State Service for the Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture had been submitted to the Council to support additions and corrections to the existing list.

The meeting discussed placing 56 newly discovered monuments under state protection and amending the information recorded for 11 monuments. Council members’ opinions and proposals were heard, and decisions were adopted on taking the necessary measures to enter sites of historical, architectural and archaeological significance into the state register.