An international conference titled “The Right of Return and Self-Determination: Double Standards and Selective Approaches” will be held on June 24 at the U.S. Congress building at the initiative of the Baku Initiative Group, Azerbaijani media report.

According to the organizers, this will be the first event hosted at the U.S. Congress dedicated to what they describe as the “ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijanis by Armenia.”

It is noted that participants are expected to discuss what organizers call the “right of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis to return to their former places of residence,” as well as issues related to the preservation of Azerbaijani cultural and religious heritage in Armenia.

The agenda also includes discussions on international monitoring mechanisms and possible ways of drawing the attention of the United Nations to these issues.