Iran delegation walks out during ‘Israeli’ president speech at Baku summit
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Iran and other delegations walked out of the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku on Thursday in protest against a speech by ‘Israeli’ President Isaac Herzog.
The delegations left the hall while Herzog was addressing the summit in the Azerbaijani capital, videos from the hall showed.
Those reported to have walked out included representatives from Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
The summit brings together leaders and senior officials from across Asia to discuss regional security, cooperation and confidence-building measures.
Azerbaijan is hosting the seventh edition of the gathering.
