BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 11. Member of the
Western Azerbaijan Community, civil society activist Parvana
Valiyeva made a speech on the right of Azerbaijanis to return to
Western Azerbaijan at the high-level meeting on migration at the UN
Office in Geneva (“Second Regional Review of the Global Compact for
Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration”), Trend reports.

In her speech, Valiyeva noted that the right to return is an
integral part of international human rights.

She emphasized that in the current global refugee crisis, this
right is becoming more and more relevant as the best solution. The
representative of the Community emphasized that within the agenda
of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it is necessary to pay
attention also to the right to return.

Valiyeva informed about the ethnic cleansing committed by
Armenia against Azerbaijanis, including the example of her family
about the forced expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis
from their native places, including her native Vedibasar in 1988,
and the difficulties of the refugees’ life. She noted that the
Western Azerbaijan Community has proposed to start a dialog with
Armenia on the topic of return, but the Armenian government still
leaves this call unanswered.

Valiyeva added that the return of Azerbaijanis exiled from
Armenia to their native lands will make a great contribution to the
solution of the global problem of refugees and IDPs and the
establishment of lasting peace in the region, emphasizing the
necessity for the international community to support this
process.

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