Spokesperson: Western Azerbaijan Community waiting for response from President of European Council and PACE

The Western Azerbaijan Community sent appeals to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, calling on those institutions to ensure the right of return of the western Azerbaijanis, as well as to conduct monitoring in this regard, Spokesperson for the Community, Ulviyya Zulfikar, told Report.

She said that the community is waiting for an answer to the appeals both from the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: "The return of Western Azerbaijanis is a matter of human rights, and the charters of each of the mentioned international organizations have clauses and obligations related to those human rights. From this point of view, those institutions should respond to our request regarding the provision of the rights of hundreds of thousands of Western Azerbaijanis and should not ignore this request."

The spokesperson emphasized that all Azerbaijanis expelled from the present-day territory of Armenia should return to their lands: "Deportation is a crime against humanity. It is the basic human right of hundreds of thousands of our compatriots to return to their homes and lands of their birth."