Geghard Foundation: Azerbaijan continues making new threats to  Armenia

ArmInfo.  A representative of Azerbaijan has made an obvious threat to Armenia during the " Third Human Dimension Conference 2025", organized by the OSCE Office for  Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on June 2-3.

As clarified to ArmInfo by the  Geghard Scientific and Analytical  Foundation's press service, the conference, titled "Inclusivity as a  Means of Promoting Tolerance and Combating Discrimination", featured  sessions on combating intolerance and discrimination in a  comprehensive and inclusive manner in the OSCE region.  Representatives of Armenian NGOs participating in the event raised  issues related to the rights of Armenian refugees, war crimes  committed by Azerbaijan, and the destruction and appropriation of  Armenian spiritual, cultural, and religious heritage, which need  international recognition and addressing.

As noted in the Foundation's statement,  the official representative  of Azerbaijan to the OSCE, by tradition, periodically tried to  interrupt and hinder the speeches of Armenian speakers. "However,  thanks to the highly perceptive approaches demonstrated by the  OSCE  Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Azerbaijani  side didn't manage to hinder the  Armenian delegation from raising  the above- mentioned issues internationally," the Foundation's   article notes.

However, as explained by the Geghard Foundation, in "response" to the  statements about the violations of the Azerbaijani side,  Ahmed  Shahidov, the President of the Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and  Human Rights (IDHR), made obvious threats to Armenia. He stated that  "during the next war, Armenia may completely lose its sovereignty,  and the Azerbaijani army will be able to drink Turkish tea in Yerevan  and pray in the Blue Mosque." "Shahidov, initially speaking with  false politeness, consistent with the rules of the "Turkish  diplomacy" genre, noted that the Karabakh conflict is over and that  they want to live in peace with Armenia as neighbors. Then, echoing  the president and  authorities of his own country, the Azerbaijani  delegate accused Armenia of revanchism," the article emphasizes. The  Geghard Foundation noted that such behavior by the Azerbaijani side  testifies to the fact that "democracy" in Azerbaijan has the same  appearance and perception as the idea of  "Azerbaijani  neighborliness." "We call on Ahmad Shahidov to satisfy their desire  to drink tea and perform namaz exclusively on the territory of  Azerbaijan," the Foundation concluded.