The World Council of Churches (WCC) will organize a prayer day for Armenia in St Pierre Cathedral, Geneva on 10 November, the day before the opening of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan.
“The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting all people of good will to join a prayer day for Armenia – for peace, for support for refugees, and the release of war hostages – on 10 November, the day before the opening of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan,” WCC said in a statement.
“The military aggression against the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh in September-October 2020, followed by the ten-month-long total blockade of the Lachin corridor and the forced displacement of around 120,000 Armenians from their ancestral lands in September 2023, remains a critical concern,” it added.
According to WCC, COP29 presents a unique opportunity to advocate for the unconditional release of the 23 Armenian hostages, as well as the Azerbaijani political prisoners and journalists detained in Azerbaijani jails.
