BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 13. Member of the European Parliament Javier Nart met with the Chairman of the Board of the Western Azerbaijan Community, MP Aziz Alakbarli, and a representative of the community, Ulviya Zulfigar, Trend reports, referring to the Western Azerbaijani Community.
Additionally, it was noted that at the meeting, the chairman of the Community's board informed the members of the European Parliament about the genocides and deportations faced by Western Azerbaijanis over the past 200 years and spoke about their destroyed material and cultural heritage. Alakbarli noted that bias and discrimination against Azerbaijan in the European Parliament negatively affect stability in the region. He informed Javier Nart that during the last deportation in 1987–1991, our compatriots were forced to leave their homes. Nowadays, they intend to return to their ancestral homeland in peace, safety, and dignity.
Javier Nart called the troubles experienced by Western Azerbaijanis a historical tragedy. He noted that he would tell his European colleagues about what he had heard, asking for more information about these realities.
The member of the European Parliament has also presented the “Concept of Return” of the Community of Western Azerbaijan, published in several languages.
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