“The event that openly distorts and falsifies all the facts related to Azerbaijan is aimed at deteriorating Azerbaijan-United States relations,” Aykhan Hajizada, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in response to local media inquiry on the hearing at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress on 19 September 2024.
According to him, this is another manifestation of how some groups in the U.S. Congress "openly misrepresent the situation in Azerbaijan under the disguise of the human rights, while openly demonstrating disrespect to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan."
“Unfortunately, such one-sided and biased events organized by the members of the U.S. Congress who are being guided by their internal considerations and personal gains much more than the U.S. national security interests, have long become a usual business for the U.S. Congress,” he noted.
"We categorically condemn such statements," Hajizada said.
He accused the US government authorities of allegedly "violating the principles and procedures of international standardization of geographical names".
On September 19, hearings were held in the Human Rights Committee of the US Congress on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. During the hearing, facts were presented regarding numerous cases of violation of human rights in Azerbaijan.
