ArmInfo.Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan confirmed the information disseminated by Politico about threats against the Armenian Ambassador to Belgium Tigran Balayan from the Azerbaijani Ambassador.
<<Yes, there were insults and threats during the reception, which we reported to the Belgian side, as well as the EU>, - Hovhannisyan said in a conversation with journalists in the National Assembly on November 5. An investigation is currently underway on this issue, but there is no reaction yet, he added.
According to the media, the incident took place at a reception in Brussels organized by the Turkish Embassy in honor of the country's National Day. It is believed that this was the first Ankara-sponsored event to which the Armenian Embassy was invited since the 2020 war. However, Azerbaijani Ambassador Vagif Sadikov denied this report in an interview with Politico, saying that such accusations "are becoming ridiculous."