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Armenian Ambassador says he received threats from Azerbaijani counterpart in Brussels – POLITICO

The Armenian Embassy has lodged a formal protest with other diplomatic missions in Brussels after its Ambassador said received death threats from his Azerbaijani counterpart, POLITICO reports.

A letter circulated to envoys last week, seen by POLITICO, says Armenian Ambassador Tigran Balayan was “verbally attacked and intimidated” by Azerbaijani Ambassador Vaqif Sadiqov, who “voiced explicit threats against his life.”

The incident is said to have happened at a reception at the Tangla Hotel in Brussels, hosted by the Turkish Embassy in honor of the country’s national day. It is understood to have been the first Ankara-sponsored engagement the Armenian Embassy had been invited to since a 2020 war between the country and Azerbaijan, a close ally of Turkey.

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