AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT PROTEST EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
Tert.am
25.12.09
Azerbaijani MPs are considering necessary protests against a recent
European Parliament resolution, reports Azerbaijani news agency
Trend News.
"The structure adopted a resolution to pressure Azerbaijan in the
resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Parliamentary Speaker
Ogtay Asadov said.
European parliamentarians are concerned over the deteriorating state
of press freedom in Azerbaijan and denounce the arrest, prosecution
and conviction of opposition journalists, reads the resolution posted
on the organization’s official Web site Dec. 17.
According to Asadov, the Armenian diaspora played a special role
in adopting the resolution. Asadov proposed introducing a protest
statement on this issue.
"The European Parliament’s resolution is groundless," Vice Speaker
Valeh Alasgarov said. "It is surprising that so far the European
Parliament has not adopted any resolution concerning the Azerbaijani
people that became refugees and IDPs due to Armenia’s policy of
invasion. "
He added that parliament should show its position toward the European
Parliament’s resolution.
"We should work with friendly, as well as unfriendly forces to
avoid the introduction of such resolutions," International and
Inter-Parliamentary Relations Commission Chair Samad Seyidov said.