BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14. Chairman of the
Western Azerbaijan Community (WAC), Aziz Alakbarli, has sent a
letter to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Maltese Foreign Minister
Ian Borg, urging the OSCE to support the return of Azerbaijanis
expelled from Armenia to their homes, Trend reports.
The letter refers to the expulsion of Azerbaijanis from Armenia
and the destruction of their cultural heritage, cemeteries,
mosques, and other places of worship. Aziz Alakbarli emphasized
that the main goal of the Western Azerbaijan Community is to ensure
the peaceful, safe, and dignified return of Azerbaijanis expelled
from Armenia to their homes within the framework of international
law.
The letter notes that the Community respects international law,
including the territorial integrity of states, is ready for dialog
with Armenia on the issue of return, and regrets that Armenia
avoids dialogue.
The head of the WAC also brought to attention that Armenia has
tried to prevent the participation of the Western Azerbaijan
Community in OSCE events and urged the organization to condemn
these attempts by Armenia against the freedom of expression and
activities of civil society.
The original letter was presented to Ian Borg by the
correspondent of Western Azerbaijan Community Television at the
joint press conference of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and the
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister in Baku.
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