All participants of COP29 in Azerbaijan should be morally obliged to call for release of Armenian captives – MEP Nathalie Loiseau
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. Anyone visiting Azerbaijan for the COP29 should be morally obliged to call for the release of Armenian captives and the return of forcibly displaced persons to Nagorno-Karabakh, MEP Nathalie Loiseau said at the European Parliament session.
In her speech the MEP said that September 19 marks the first anniversary of the ethnic cleansing perpetrated by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. She said that one year later still none of the more than 100,000 Armenians have the chance to return to their homes.
“Azerbaijan continues to hold the prisoners from the past conflict, and they too don’t have the chance to return home. The spiritual and cultural heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh is threatened, and numerous monuments have been destroyed. Azerbaijan has not signed a peace treaty with Armenia and is going to host COP29 in a few weeks. All those who are going to visit Baku must consider it their moral duty to call for ensuring the return to Nagorno-Karabakh and the release of captives,” the MEP said.