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Azerbaijani media distorted content of European Parliament’s report – EAFJD’s comment

armenpress.am01/17th/2020, 10:54

Azerbaijani media distorted content of European Parliament’s report – EAFJD’s comment

The Azerbaijani media again spread disinformation, this time distorting the content of the European Parliament’s report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defense Policy.

Harout Chirinian – Communication and PR Officer at the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD), gave an interview to ARMENPRESS on the topic.

-Mr. Chirinian, what was the emphasis of the EP report and whether it has a reference to Karabakh as some Azerbaijani media outlets mention in their reports?

-The reports according to which the EP report contains the term “occupation of Nagorno Karabakh” are false. The article spreads disinformation, this is an Azerbaijani state propaganda. The truth is that the European Parliament debated and voted on three different reports: the annual report on “the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy”, the report on “Implementation of the Common Security and Defense Policy” and a general report on Human rights. None of these resolutions, including the first one that the Azerbaijani media make reference to, mentions Nagorno Karabakh or presents it as an “occupied territory”. Actually, there’s no reference to Artsakh at all. Among other things, the first report speaks about the conflicts in the Eastern Partnership countries in general. While it is true that the first report states that the EU is committed to the territorial integrity of the Eastern partnership countries, it has to be made clear that this report makes also direct reference in its preamble to the “European Parliaments recommendations of 15 November 2017 to the Council, Commission and the EEAS on the Eastern Partnership”. The latter contains the right for self-determination as one of the three OSCE Minsk Group basic principles and expresses EU’s full support for the OSCE Minsk Group when mentioning the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This reference is also done for the second report as well. The Azerbaijani media clearly did not want to mention this.

-In your opinion, whom the messages in the resolution were addressed to?

-It’s obvious that one of these resolutions reiterates the European Parliament’s vision that “current conflicts in all Eastern Partnership countries should be settled in accordance with norms and principles of international law”. This means that in the case of Nagorno Karabakh, the OSCE Minsk Group basic principles and OSCE 1975 Helsinki Final Act are valid, namely also the ...

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