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Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress objects to Bako Sahakyanâ€™s participation in meeting on â€œThe cooperation between the EU and Nagorno-Karabakhâ€

23 October 2013 09:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress has issued a statement on the participation of Bako Sahakyan, President of the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic” in the meeting on “The cooperation between the EU and Nagorno-Karabakh”, the State Committee on Work with Diaspora told APA.

The statement says that "Genocide and International Law", "Cooperation between the European Union and the Nagorno-Karabakh" topics included in the agenda of the meeting held in Brussels on October 15, show that Armenia, the aggressor, continues its destructive and aggressive position against Turkey and Azerbaijan.

Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress stated that the EU should exert pressure on Armenia, force it to end the occupation through the unconditional fulfillment of the UN resolutions instead of meeting with the so-called president of the so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”.

The Congress noted that members of the European Parliament should act to restore the violated rights of one million Azerbaijanis that became refugees and internally displaced people as a result of the occupation.

Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress condemns the pro-Armenian speeches of some parliamentarians during the meetings with Bako Sahakyan, president of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh republic, at the European Parliament on October 15, 2013 and strongly and unambiguously objects to the biased speech and anti-Azerbaijani position of some members of the UN International Justice Council’s representative. The fact that Bako Sahakyan compared Khankendi operation with the bombing of Dresden and tried to misrepresent the principle of territorial integrity and the statement saying that Karabakh was given to Azerbaijan by Stalin aims to distort the history. To regard prohibition of flights in Nagorno Karabakh by Azerbaijan as international terrorism is nothing but the pro-Armenian policy.”

Taking into account all this, Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress announced that such biased speeches give grounds for saying that some members of the UN International Justice Council take the pro-Armenian position, are based on double standards and misguide the international community.

The statement by the Congress also notes that such meetings and discussions, thought-out views are regarded as a political provocation and means of pressure against the Azerbaijani statehood, impede peace talks and lead the settlement of the conflict to deadlock.