BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 16. The U.S. Embassy
in Baku did not answer the question of the Azerbaijani media about
possible steps by Washington to protect the cultural heritage of
the Azerbaijani people in Armenia, and was satisfied with a
reminder that this country offers some projects in our territories
liberated from occupation, the Western Azerbaijan Community said in
a statement, Trend reports.
“We believe that the Embassy, with its tone of response,
including the assessment of the media subjects’ question as
“false”, demonstrated how it actually “respects” the principles of
“freedom of speech” and “freedom of opinion”, which the United
States constantly points to.
As the Western Azerbaijan Community, we note with regret that
the United States ignores the issue of Azerbaijanis forcibly
expelled from Armenia, including the destruction of their cultural
heritage by Armenia. The letter we sent to U.S. Secretary of State
Antony Blinken last April asking for support for our right to
return has not yet been responded to. However, over the past
period, the U.S. government has repeatedly put a number of
fictitious issues called “human rights” on the agenda. Everyone
knows that the current U.S. administration recalls the topics of
“human rights” and “cultural heritage” only when it is necessary to
make false accusations against Azerbaijan.
We strongly condemn the racial discrimination shown by the
current the U.S. administration towards Azerbaijanis, and we call
on them to stop their biased policies at least until the end of
their term, including responding to the letter sent to Secretary of
State Antony Blinken. In addition, we hope to ensure the
participation of the Western Azerbaijan Community in the next
hearings of such institutions as the U.S. Senate, the Tom Lantos
Human Rights Commission of the Congress, the Commission on
Religious Freedom, which organize various one-sided hearings on
regional issues,” the community’s statement said.