Western Azerbaijan Community Condemns US Interference In Azerbaijan's Internal Affairs
Date
12/12/2024 6:09:14 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
The Western Azerbaijan Community has sharply condemned US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other US officials for their
persistent and blatant attempts to interfere in Azerbaijan's
internal affairs.
Azernews reports that the Western Azerbaijan
Community issued a statement expressing their concerns. The
statement reads:
"We regret to note that over the years, we have not seen the US
condemn Armenia's Occupation of Azerbaijani territories, its policy
of ethnic cleansing, or the deportation of Western Azerbaijanis. US
officials have sided with the occupying Armenia, rather than with
Azerbaijan, whose lands were occupied, and whose hundreds of
thousands of displaced persons and thousands of missing families
have suffered. After the Patriotic War, we witnessed once again the
US's different approach, especially regarding the territorial
integrity and sovereignty of countries. The US did not respond to
the letter sent by the Western Azerbaijan Community to Antony
Blinken, which advocated for a peaceful return to our ancestral
lands. However, we have seen the US embrace and grant visas to
separatists who participated in the ethnic cleansing of
Azerbaijanis and continue to threaten Azerbaijan's sovereignty from
Armenia. These individuals have been given platforms to speak at
various US institutions. The US, which portrays itself as a country
that respects religious freedoms and produces 'credible' reports
placing countries on various fabricated lists, has expressed
concern about the 'Armenian heritage' in Garabagh but has not
condemned the destruction and distortion of Azerbaijan's rich
cultural heritage in Armenia. As a result, the US has lost its
remaining credibility within Azerbaijani society.
Instead of using 'human rights' issues, fake news media, and
'independent' NGOs as weapons against Azerbaijan, the US should
join the most fundamental international human rights conventions,
address the numerous reports of excessive force by police, racial
profiling by law enforcement, and structural racism, solve the
problem of gun violence, and investigate cases of torture and other
illegal acts against prisoners".
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