BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.7. The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemns the violent and unacceptable attack against the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by radical religious groups on 4 August 2022, Trend reports citing the statement of OIC.
"By entering the Embassy building, the members of the group committed an act of vandalism, raised religious flags and shouted radical religious slogans on the balcony of the building. It directly undermined the principle of diplomatic premises’ inviolability. The General Secretariat calls for a thorough investigation of the incident."
The Embassy of Azerbaijan in the UK was attacked by a radical religious group, Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on August 4.
The information said that after bursting into the embassy building, the vandalizing group members raised religious flags and chanted radical religious slogans on the building's balcony. After local police intervened, the band members were escorted out of the building and detained.