June: 23, 2026
On June 24, in Washington, in the building of the US Congress, an international conference will be held: “The right of return and self-determination. “double standards and selective approaches” organized by the “Baku initiative group”. The international forum is dedicated to the alleged ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis by Armenia. APA agency reports about this.
“This will be remembered as the first such event held in the US Congress, which refers to the ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis by Armenia. It was noted that the conference will bring together experts specializing in the protection of the rights of refugees and national minorities, human rights defenders, specialists in international law, representatives of diaspora organizations whose members have been subjected to violence, discrimination and persecution on ethnic grounds, representatives of civil society institutions and members of affected communities.
The participants of the conference will discuss the issue of recognition of fundamental rights, keeping in the center of attention of international organizations the right to return to their historical lands in a safe, voluntary and dignified manner, giving as an example hundreds and thousands of Azerbaijanis who were forcibly deported from their historical lands in Armenia as a result of the policy of ethnic cleansing,” says the APA publication. Especially in recent weeks, Azerbaijan has activated this topic.
Recently, the 3rd festival-conference “Return to Western Azerbaijan” was held in Ordubad, Nakhichevan. Addressing the participants of the “Return to Western Azerbaijan” festival-conference started in Ordubad, Minister of Education and Science of Azerbaijan Emin Amrulayev said that “the subject of Western Azerbaijan is of strategic importance.” “The return to Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur testified that historical justice inevitably wins, even after some time. Today’s return of Azerbaijani citizens is proof of the clear reality that any problem can be solved with purposeful and consistent activity,” the Azerbaijani minister noted. According to Amrulayev, “the topic of Western Azerbaijan plays a key role in the formation of the national identity of Azerbaijanis.”
On June 24, in Washington, in the building of the US Congress, an international conference will be held: “The right of return and self-determination. “double standards and selective approaches” organized by the “Baku initiative group”. The international forum is dedicated to the alleged ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis by Armenia. APA agency reports about this.
“This will be remembered as the first such event held in the US Congress, which refers to the ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis by Armenia. It was noted that the conference will bring together experts specializing in the protection of the rights of refugees and national minorities, human rights defenders, specialists in international law, representatives of diaspora organizations whose members have been subjected to violence, discrimination and persecution on ethnic grounds, representatives of civil society institutions and members of affected communities.
The participants of the conference will discuss the issue of recognition of fundamental rights, keeping in the center of attention of international organizations the right to return to their historical lands in a safe, voluntary and dignified manner, giving as an example hundreds and thousands of Azerbaijanis who were forcibly deported from their historical lands in Armenia as a result of the policy of ethnic cleansing,” says the APA publication. Especially in recent weeks, Azerbaijan has activated this topic.
Recently, the 3rd festival-conference “Return to Western Azerbaijan” was held in Ordubad, Nakhichevan. Addressing the participants of the “Return to Western Azerbaijan” festival-conference started in Ordubad, Minister of Education and Science of Azerbaijan Emin Amrulayev said that “the subject of Western Azerbaijan is of strategic importance.” “The return to Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur testified that historical justice inevitably wins, even after some time. Today’s return of Azerbaijani citizens is proof of the clear reality that any problem can be solved with purposeful and consistent activity,” the Azerbaijani minister noted. According to Amrulayev, “the topic of Western Azerbaijan plays a key role in the formation of the national identity of Azerbaijanis.”
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