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Azerbaijani diaspora representatives hold protest rally against Armenia’s war crimes outside EU office in Brussels

Protest rally held in Brussels against Armenia

22 October 2022 15:44 (UTC +04:00)

The Federation of Azerbaijanis in Belgium has organized a peaceful protest rally outside the office of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, State Committee on Work with Diaspora told APA.

Representatives of the Federation of Azerbaijanis in Belgium, the European Azerbaijani Women`s Union “Ana Vatan” (“Motherland”), Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress (BAC), as well as Azerbaijani diaspora activists living in Belgium and the Netherlands joined the rally.

The protesters held posters drawing the city resident’s attention to the war crimes committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis, mass grave found in the village of Edilli of Azerbaijan’s Khojavand district, and the missile strikes carried out by Armenia on Azerbaijani cities such as Ganja, Naftalan, Barda, Mingachevir and others in 2020.

The rally participants held up slogans such as "Azerbaijan respects universal values", "We demand that Armenian armed forces responsible for numerous war crimes be held accountable before the law!," “We call on international organizations to condemn war crimes committed by Armenians!" and “Stop Armenian war crime!”