EP president’s speech casts shadow over the objectivity of the European Parliament
Baku, December 6, AZERTAC
National NGO Forum has issued a statement protesting against the speech by President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz at the EP session on November 26.
It was noted that the statements regarding the violation of the rights of the person made by Schulz at the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on November 26 is nothing but interference in the internal affairs of the country.
“Mr. Schulz tried to create the impression that Azerbaijan generally fails to comply with human rights. Trying to defend persons accused of specific criminal offenses, including treason under the pretext of violations of freedom of speech, press and expression, casts a shadow over the objectivity of the European Parliament and indicates to frivolous and politically biased position.
“Mr. Schultz has never touched on the rights of hundreds of thousands of the Azerbaijanis displaced from Armenia and their homelands in Karabakh so far”, the statement says.
The statement underlines that Schulz is mostly interested in casting a shadow on the achievements of Azerbaijan, describing the Azerbaijani people as people away from democratic values: “We, the NGO heads unequivocally reject Schulz’s biased statements on the country and call on the European community to put an end to this policy of double standards.”
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