November 13, 2024 – 12:21 AM
PanARMENIAN.Net – Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in Armenia.
Thunberg boycotted COP-29, which is currently being held in Baku. Speaking at a protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, she called summit host Azerbaijan an “authoritarian oil state” and said the choice of venue was “beyond ridiculous,” according to WaPo news agency. added.
She also spoke about the ethnic cleansing committed by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh and other Azerbaijani war crimes against Armenians.
In Armenia, Thunberg was welcomed by Oleg Dargaryan, director of the Center for Community Mobilization and Support (CCMS), Armen Press reported.
“It is a great responsibility and pleasure to welcome Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environmental activist, who arrived in Armenia after boycotting COP29 in Baku, together with our colleagues on the Armenia-Georgia border,” said Oleg. Dargarian said on social media. He added that more details on the “future process” would be provided later.
Ms. Thunberg attended a rally in Georgia on Monday to protest Azerbaijan’s hosting of the annual United Nations climate change talks.
According to the Associated Press, Thunberg described Azerbaijan as a “repressive occupying state that has carried out ethnic cleansing and continues to repress Azerbaijani civil society.”
She accused Azerbaijan of using the summit as an “opportunity to greenwash crimes and human rights violations,” according to the Associated Press.
“In this situation we cannot give them any legitimacy. That is why we stand here and say no to greenwashing and no to the Azerbaijani regime,” she said in Tbilisi on Monday.
