Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Paruyr Hovhannisyan has confirmed that Armenian Ambassador to Belgium Tigran Balayan received death threats from his Azerbaijani counterpart during a reception in the Turkish embassy.
POLITICO reported earlier that the Armenian Embassy had lodged a formal protest with other diplomatic missions in Brussels after its Ambassador said he received death threats from his Azerbaijani counterpart.
A letter circulated to envoys last week says Armenian Ambassador Tigran Balayan was “verbally attacked and intimidated” by Azerbaijani Ambassador Vaqif Sadiqov, who “voiced explicit threats against his life.”
The incident happened at a reception at the Tangla Hotel in Brussels, hosted by the Turkish Embassy in honor of the country’s national day. It was 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.
