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Azerbaijan–Georgia row reignites over Davit Gareja monastery complex
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Azerbaijan–Georgia row reignites over Davit Gareja monastery complex

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The Davit Gareja monastery complex (known as Keshikchidagh in Azerbaijan) is at the centre of a new row following an altercation between Georgian activists and Azerbaijani border guards. Azerbaijan closed access to Udabno Monastery following the incident.  On 14 July, Georgian Orthodox Christian parishioners and activists confronted Azerbaijani border guards while attempting to return Georgian Orthodox icons to caves and monastic cells on the disputed south-west slope of the 6th-century com

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