Baku, Azerbaijan, April 17. The Azerbaijani
diaspora in various countries hasn’t remained indifferent to the
mine explosions in Azerbaijan’s Aghdam and Jabrayil districts on
April 6 and 7, which resulted in the death of one serviceman and
injuries of varying severity to four civilians, including young
children, Trend
reports via the State Committee on Work with Diaspora.
It was noted that Azerbaijani diaspora organizations — including
the US-Azerbaijan Center of Integration (USACI) and the
Azerbaijani-American Youth Federation in the US; the British
Azerbaijanis Society and the Azerbaijan Student Society of Imperial
College London in the UK; the Glasgow Azerbaijan Student Society in
Scotland; the “Vatan” Azerbaijani Art and Culture Society and the
Alberta Azerbaijani Culture Society in Canada; and the Azerbaijan
Cultural Center in Israel — actively participated in sending
protest letters.
The protest letters were addressed to international
organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross,
the US Mine Advisory Group, the UN Mine Action Service, Amnesty
International, Human Rights Watch, the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Development Programme, the
Human Rights Defenders Organization, and the Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as to the UN
Association of Canada and members of the UK House of Commons.
The letters said that landmines and unexploded ordnance planted
by Armenia in Azerbaijani territories continue to pose a serious
threat to civilian lives. The repeated tragedies caused by
landmines in Azerbaijan’s liberated territories and Armenia’s
failure to provide accurate mine maps are strongly condemned. The
international community and global organizations are urged to exert
strong pressure on Armenia and take decisive action to help ensure
lasting peace and stability in the region.
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