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Azerbaijani Parliament to send protest letter to European Parliament

Politics Materials 17 May 2011 13:29 (UTC +04:00)
The Azerbaijani Parliament has established a commission which will prepare a letter of protest at the European Parliament's resolution on Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani Parliament to send protest letter to European Parliament

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 17 / Trend M. Aliyev /

The Azerbaijani Parliament has established a commission which will prepare a letter of protest at the European Parliament's resolution on Azerbaijan.

The commission is headed by MP Valeh Alasgarov. It consists of MPs Azay Guliyev, Ali Huseynli, Faraj Guliyev, Asim Mollazade, Ayten Mustafayeva and Samad Seyidov.

During the parliamentary session the chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay Asadov stressed that dozens of people are illegally arrested every day worldwide, violence is used toward them, but no document was adopted on this occasion.
"The European Parliament adopted a resolution on human rights in connection with the imitation of a rally in Baku," the speaker said.

The European Parliament adopted a critical resolution on the situation with human rights and democracy in Azerbaijan on May 12.

He said that some circles do not want Azerbaijan to pursue an independent policy. They strive for influencing on the country and create problems for us.

First Vice-Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ziyafat Asgarov said that it was stressed while establishing Euronest that no document in the European Parliament will be adopted without Azerbaijan's notification.

"Once again unfair attitude was demonstrated," he said.

He said that this resolution contradicts the realities of Azerbaijan. It does not correspond to the nature of relations with the European Parliament as Azerbaijan and the organization have estabslished effective cooperation.

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