Statement on increasing pressure from anti-Azerbaijani forces on Azerbaijan as COP29 approaches
08 October 2024, 10:25

As the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) approaches, the pressure and attacks of anti-Azerbaijani forces are intensifying. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have abused the fact that Azerbaijan hosted COP29 in their statements today, making slander and unfounded demands against our country.

The publication of these statements on the same day once again demonstrates that the attacks on Azerbaijan that have become more frequent in recent weeks are being controlled from a single center that controls both of these organizations.

These politically motivated attacks by forces that are unable to accept the fact that Azerbaijan has restored its sovereignty are an attempt to cast a shadow on the country's successes in the international arena and to discredit it.

The unanswered appeal sent by our community to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch last August regarding the protection of the rights of Azerbaijanis expelled from Armenia shows how far these organizations are from human rights principles. All this indicates that Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are acting as a political tool in the hands of certain circles and are pursuing a policy of discrimination against Azerbaijan on ethnic and religious grounds.

We strongly condemn Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch's anti-Azerbaijani position, human rights violations and policy of racial discrimination and call on them to stop these wrong actions.