"COP 29 in Baku: Hiding Ethnic Cleansing" conference held at European  Parliament

ArmInfo.Thanks to the collaborative efforts of  Cypriot MEP Loukas Fourlas and the European  office of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun", a conference titled "COP 29 in Baku: Hiding Ethnic Cleansing" was held at the European Parliament on November 5th.

 As reported by the Central Bureau of "Hay Dat", the  event was attended by MEPs representing various political groups,  Belgian politicians, diplomats, representatives of civil society,  journalists and members of the Armenian community of Belgium.  The  conference invited speakers include Simon Papuashvili, the Head of  Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Programs at the Organization for  International Cooperation for Human Rights, Catalina De La Sota, an  expert in international law, Siranush Sargsyan, a journalist from  Artsakh, and David Vardanyan, Ruben Vardanyan's son.

The conference aimed to address various issues related to the hosting  of COP 29 in Azerbaijan.  Specifically, it aimed to explore the  potential of holding the conference in Baku on its global goals,  considering the events taking place in the region and the ethnic  cleansing committed by Azerbaijan against the indigenous Armenian  population of Artsakh.  The conference highlighted the Azerbaijani  government's campaign to forcibly displace the Armenians of Artsakh,  along with the country's human rights violations and egregious  attitude towards the environment.  Discussions primarily focused on  highlighting Azerbaijan's destructive actions in the areas of  politics, ecology, and human rights. Gaspar Karapetyan, the President  of the European Office of Hay Dat, emphasized the significance of  holding this conference as an important message to the European  delegations preparing to participate in COP 29.  He emphasized  that  environmental rights and security cannot be separated from  fundamental human rights and freedoms.

"Azerbaijan, given its poor state of human rights and war crimes,  should not have been allowed to host this important event, which it  likely intended to use to mask its genocidal identity. We once again  express our gratitude to the MEPs, particularly to Lucas Fourlas, the  President of the Friendship Group with Armenia, for holding this  conference," he added.

Note that the day before, 52 members of the European Parliament  issued a statement demanding Azerbaijan to release Armenian prisoners  of war and hostages, ensure the protection of the cultural heritage  of Artsakh and withdraw the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the  occupied territories of Armenia