State Committee for Refugees and IDPs makes statement on Armenian provocations and flag burning in Yerevan
The Azerbaijan's State Committee for Refugees and IDPs has made a statement on Armenia's recent act of burning of Azerbaijani flag in a demonstrative way at the European Weightlifting Championship held in Yerevan, Azernews reports.
The statement reads that the Azerbaijanophobia, which is preventing the establishment of peace and tranquillity in the South Caucasus with every effort in Armenia, has taken a large scope in recent days.
On behalf of nearly one million Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs
who were displaced from their homeland as a result of Armenia's
deportation and occupation policy, we strongly condemn the
Azerbaijanophobia in Armenia, and the act of the demonstrative
burning of the Azerbaijani flag by one of the Armenian spectators
in the eyes of the international community, during the live
broadcast of the opening ceremony of the European Weightlifting
Championship in Yerevan, one of the sports competitions that is
considered as a peaceful event all over the world.
Since the end of the 30-year occupation of Armenia by its own
power, Azerbaijan has been showing political will and determination
for the normalization of bilateral relations as the initiator of
peace building in the region. However, the Armenian government not
only tries to slow down this process with various excuses,
moreover, it gives ideological support to actions aimed at further
increasing the feeling of hatred towards our country and our people
in the society, and does not want to prevent such actions.
At a time when the Azerbaijani government is taking necessary
measures for the restoration and reconstruction of the territories
freed from occupation, the return of the original inhabitants of
these territories, the reintegration of the Armenian community of
Garabagh, the continuation of the policy of ethnic hatred and
discrimination in Armenia calls into question the peace-building
process in the region, which the international community is waiting
for with great interest.
Despite the good intentions of the Azerbaijani government and the
public regarding the possibility of coexistence between
Azerbaijanis and Armenians, the fact that the revanchist forces in
Armenia do not stop provocations and hostility; shows that they do
not want to allow this intention to come true at any cost.
It is a historical fact that Armenia supports terrorism and
terrorists, it is doubtful whether it can safely organize any
international event, including sports competitions, on its
territory. The burning of the Azerbaijani flag and the hailing of
that heinous act as the heroism of the person who committed it
clearly shows that Armenia stands by the terrorism in the
world.
Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs call on the international community
to demand an end to acts that cause ethnic hatred and
discrimination in Armenia, and to demand that the person who burned
the Azerbaijani flag be punished based on the existing legal
norms.
In addition, international sports organizations should refuse to
organize any prestigious competition in Armenia, as well as suspend
the European Weightlifting Championship in Yerevan and cancel its
results.
The Azerbaijanis who are preparing to return to their homelands in
East Zangazur and Garabagh are hoping that peace and security will
be fully ensured in the region, and that Armenia's attempts to
disrupt this process will be resolutely prevented by the
international community.
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