France-Azerbaijan chamber of commerce condemns beating of Azerbaijanis
The France-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce has issued a statement condemning the beating of the Azerbaijani Diaspora members at the National Assembly in Paris.
The statement signed by President of the Chamber of Deputies Jean-Pierre and Vise president Rolan Abiar says that two Azerbaijanis Mirvari Fataliyeva and Vusal Huseynov were brutally beaten by Armenians at the event titled "25 years after Sumgayit: the present situation and future prospects for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh", organized by Armenian organizations in the French National Assembly.
The Azerbaijani citizens injured in the incident have filed a complaint to the Gendarmerie.
France-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce condemns this act committed in the National Assembly, symbol of democracy. Such cases can have significant impact on peaceful settlement of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the statement said.
The incident happened on a day when Azerbaijanis commemorated the Khojaly genocide, which was committed by Armenians in 1992.
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