ArmInfo.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh made statement on the occasion of holding the "5th Congress of the Azerbaijanis Worldwide" in Shoushi.
As the press service of the Artsakh MFA reports, the statement reads, in part:
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh considers extremely destructive the initiative to hold the "5th Congress of the Azerbaijanis Worldwide" in the Armenian town of Shoushi occupied by Azerbaijan, which includes obvious elements of Armenophobia and expansionism. Such an "initiative" is also an attempt to escalate tensions in the region. The Foreign Ministry of Artsakh strongly condemns the nationalist and aggressive policy of official Baku, which aims to torpedo and disrupt the peaceful settlement process of the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict."
It should be noted that today the "5th Congress of Azerbaijanis Worldwide" opened in the Karabakh city of Shoushi. 400 representatives of diaspora organizations of Azerbaijan from 65 countries will participate in the congress. The first such congress was held in Baku in 2001.
There will be discussions on two main topics in the Congress: "Challenges facing the Azerbaijani diaspora in the post-war period" and "Contribution of the Azerbaijani diaspora to the restoration and reconstruction of Karabakh".
Official Baku decided this time to hold a Congress in the occupied Karabakh region of Shoushi as a "symbol of a historic victory". Some observers believe that by doing so, the Azerbaijani regime is more concerned with self-promotion than with the problems of the world's Azerbaijanis.