(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.7. The General
Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
condemns the violent and unacceptable attack against the Embassy of
the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland by radical religious groups on 4 August 2022,
Trend reports
citing the statement of OIC.
'By entering the Embassy building, the members of the group
committed an act of vandalism, raised religious flags and shouted
radical religious slogans on the balcony of the building. It
directly undermined the principle of diplomatic premises'
inviolability. The General Secretariat calls for a thorough
investigation of the incident.'
The Embassy of Azerbaijan in the UK was attacked by a radical
religious group, Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on
August 4.
The information said that after bursting into the embassy
building, the vandalizing group members raised religious flags and
chanted radical religious slogans on the building's balcony. After
local police intervened, the band members were escorted out of the
building and detained.
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