The “Azykh-Taghlar Archaeological Park” State Reserve is being established.
"Operative Information Center-OMM" reports that President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on the matter.
Under the decree, the areas of the Azykh and Taghlar cave sites in Khojavend district have been declared the “Azykh-Taghlar Archaeological Park” State Reserve (hereinafter, the Reserve).
The Cabinet of Ministers is required, within three months, to approve the Reserve’s charter, determine its boundaries and protection zone, establish the special regime for its territory and inform the President of Azerbaijan, take necessary measures to provide the Reserve with material and technical resources, and resolve other matters arising from the decree.
The Ministry of Culture is to ensure the management of the Reserve and take necessary measures to resolve other matters arising from the decree.
The necessary expenditure to support the Reserve’s operations is to be financed from funds allocated to the Ministry of Culture in the state budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan.