Azerbaijan Business Center
Dec 26 2009

Mili Majlis accuses European Parliament of attempt of damaging to
country’s image

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Yesterday the Azerbaijani parliamentarians passed
a statement to the European Parliament in connection with its Human
Rights Resolution on Azerbaijan from 17 December 2009.

When presenting the statement MP Nizami Iskanderov called the
Resolution biased.

In the statement Milli Majlis regards the Resolution as an attempt to
damage to international image of Azerbaijan that is a democratic
country.

`The European Parliament’s Resolution in respect to Azerbaijan has
caused our concern and regret. Azerbaijan co-operates with the
European Union and gives preference to democratic values. Protection
of human rights is one of the priority goals of our country. Nobody
can make us to take the wrong turning from this way. Our future is
linked with democratic development. We hope that when considering
issues relating to Azerbaijan, the European Parliament will not take
separate exceptions as a basis,’ the statement says.

A ground for the Resolution passed by the European Parliament was
conviction of two bloggers in Azerbaijan, and Milli Majlis emphasizes
injustice of such approach against the background of international
community’s disregard to Nagorno Garabagh conflict consequences (1
million of refugees evicted from places of their permanent residence
following occupation of part of Azerbaijani territory by Armenia).

`Each ninth citizen of Azerbaijan is a refugee and internally
displaced person. It is to be regretted that so far the world
community has not defined itself unambiguously how to treat with the
aggressor and with the victim of aggression. Despite existing
injustice we keep on our efforts on peaceful settlement of Karabagh
problem,’ the statement says.