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Fatima Hasanova read more Azerbaijan continues to accept condolences from near and far
abroad over the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in
Iran, Azernews reports.
After the armed assault on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran,
the Moldovan Foreign Ministry posted a tweet.
'Moldova strongly condemns the armed attack on the Azerbaijan
Embassy in Iran's capital Tehran today, in which the head of
security was killed and two guards wounded. Our thoughts go out to
our colleagues at @AzerbaijanMFA and all those affected ,' the ministry noted.
The Italian embassy in Baku joined in extending condolences to
Azerbaijan.
'Our Embassy expresses deep indignation at the cowardly attack
against Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran and extends sincere
condolences to the victim's family. While wishing the injured a
speedy recovery, we manifest our admiration for the prompt and
courageous reaction of the security personnel ,' the Italian embassy tweeted.
Egypt, whose president arrived today on a working visit to
Azerbaijan, posted on the Foreign Ministry's Twitter page its
support for Azerbaijan.
'Our Sincere condolences to the government & people of the
friendly country of Azerbaijan for the killing of a staff member of
Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran in an attack on the embassy today.
We affirm Egypt's full solidarity with Azerbaijan in this painful
incident ,' wrote the Egyptian MFA.
The Belarus Embassy in Baku has also posted a Twitter
publication in connection with the armed attack on Azerbaijani
Embassy in Iran.
'In connection with the death of an employee of the Azerbaijani
Embassy in Tehran, the Belarus Embassy expresses its condolences to
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relatives of the
deceased employee and also wishes a speedy recovery to the injured
embassy staff, ' said the tweet.
The Georgian MFA stated on its Twitter page that Tbilisi
strongly condemns the attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy.
'We strongly condemn the attack on the Embassy of #Azerbaijan in
Iran. Any act of violence against any diplomatic mission is
completely unacceptable. We convey our condolences to the family of
the victim of the tragedy ,' the Foreign Ministry said.
The tragic attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran was also
condemned by Finland, the ambassador of Finland to the South
Caucasus stated on Twitter.
'All violence against human life must be condemned. Deepest
condolences to the family of the deceased and speedy recovery to
all injured”, the tweet said.
The Mexican embassy in Baku has issued a Facebook statement in
response to the terror attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in
Iran.
The embassy expresses its deepest condolences to the relatives
of the employee of the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran, 'who passed
away this morning as a result of an attack on the mission, and
wishes a speedy recovery to the wounded ,” the embassy says.
Lithuania joined the messages of condolences with a Twitter post
by the Lithuanian Embassy in Azerbaijan.
'We're shocked by the news of the armed attack on the
Azerbaijani embassy in Iran's Tehran, which resulted in the death
and injury of people. Attacks on diplomatic missions are
unacceptable. We express our condolences to the victim's family ,' the embassy said.
As reported earlier, the head of the security guard of the
Azerbaijani embassy in Iran was killed in the armed attack on the
building on January 27 at about 0830 hours (GMT+4). 'An individual
with a Kalashnikov assault rifle attacked the security post and
killed the head of the security guard. Two embassy guards were also
wounded while preventing the attack. Their conditions are
satisfactory. This treacherous attack is currently being
investigated. The public will be provided with detailed extra
information,' the foreign ministry said in a statement.
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