Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry condemns burning of Koran in Sweden

Baku/23.01.23/Turan: The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the demonstrative burning of Koran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm and demanded that the Swedish authorities punish the perpetrators.

"We strongly condemn the despicable act of desecration of the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. Islamophobic acts committed on the basis of hatred are not an expression of freedom of speech. We call on the Swedish government to bring to justice those responsible for this hate crime," the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Twitter.

Lleader of the Danish right-wing extremist party "Hard Course" Rasmus Paludan on January 21 committed a provocation at the walls of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm. The extremist publicly burned the Koran. The action was sanctioned by the Swedish authorities, and the security of the right-wing extremist was provided by local police officers.

Note that Paludan's antics and the coordination of this action by the Swedish authorities were harshly condemned by the Turkish government.-03D06-