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Azerbaijani parliamentarians protest against European Parliamentâ€™s resolution on Azerbaijan â€“ UPDATED

Azerbaijani parliamentarians protest against European Parliamentâ€™s resolution on Azerbaijan â€“ <font color=red>UPDATED </font>

25 December 2009 10:39 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. Todayâ€™s sitting of the Azerbaijani parliament began with the protest of the parliamentarians against the resolution on Azerbaijan adopted by the European Parliament on December 17, APA reports. Vice-speaker Valeh Alasgarov said the resolution of the European Parliament on Azerbaijan was unfair.
â€œEverybodyâ€™s, nor only journalistsâ€™ rights should be ensured. The European Parliament has never remembered the violated rights of one million refugees and IDPs. Nobody remembered their rights. The resolution demands immediate release of some persons, restoration of broadcasters. We should answer this,â€ he said.

Speaker of the parliament Ogtay Asadov regarded the resolution as a kind of pressure against Azerbaijan.
â€œThis is one of the means to make Azerbaijan compromise in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict,â€ he said.

MP Rovshan Rzayev said the Azerbaijani parliament should make a statement about it.
â€œWe should invite the members of the European Parliament to dialogue,â€ he said.

â€œSome political groups exert pressure on Azerbaijan,â€ said Fuad Muradov.

According to MP Samad Seyidov, the forces that do not love Azerbaijan have become active. He considers that the resolution should be reacted in two manners.
â€œProtest should be expressed against the resolution. First of all, this resolution is connected with Azerbaijanâ€™s leadership in the region. On the other hand, we should analyze our work. In what direction are we working with them? We should explain Azerbaijanâ€™s importance for Europe in the language they understand. The resolution is biased,â€ he said.

Following the discussions, Azerbaijani parliament established a commission. Ogtay Asadov said the commission will prepare a statement of protest to the European Parliament, the parliament will confirm the statement today. The commission includes Fazail Agamali, Fuad Muradov, Nizami Isgandarov, Elman Mammadov, Panah Huseyn and Rovshan Rzayev.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on December 17. The resolution says that freedom of expression and press is not satisfactory and calls on the Azerbaijani government to take positive steps.