AZERBAIJAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS APPEAL TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Trend
Dec 25 2009
Azerbaijan
The Parliament of Azerbaijan adopted an appeal to the European
Parliament. The paper says that Azerbaijan continues democratic
state-building, respects human rights.
In mid-December, the European Parliament adopted a statement, which
contains criticism over the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan.
The paper expresses concerns over the deterioration in the freedom
of speech.
"Like many countries passing the way of democratic development, there
are some problems in Azerbaijan. The regrettable fact is that the
entire world community knows which country is the occupier and which
is under occupation. Despite this, Azerbaijan, as a state choosing
path of democratic development, has always given preference to the
settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully. Given all this,
we protest against the European Parliament statement criticizing the
human rights situation in Azerbaijan, and we hope that taking into
account the interest of Azerbaijan in more strengthening relations
with Europe, the European Union will not allow such kind of statements
with regard to Azerbaijan in future," the document says.