“For 30 years, we raised our voice in all European organizations and tried to convey the truth.”
“Elchi” reports that President Ilham Aliyev stated this during a meeting with participants of international conferences in Baku.
“I personally, back in 2001 – I was a member of the Milli Majlis at that time, Azerbaijan had become a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and I was the head of the Azerbaijani delegation – when our delegation arrived there, we first of all raised the issue that injustice must be put to an end, and what were we demanding? We were not demanding that the Council of Europe go and fight against Armenia. We were demanding that a political decision be made. Call the occupier by the name of an occupier, and the adoption of a political decision is, in fact, a political assessment. They did not want to do this. No political assessment was given. On the contrary, they were blackening us, they were slandering us, and this continues to this day. Look, now as Azerbaijan grows stronger, as they say, as we fully utilize our potential, a dirty media campaign is being waged against us from the West again. That is, they are blackening us, and articles full of lies, slander, and defamation about Azerbaijan are published every day.
No sanctions were imposed on Armenia in the Council of Europe. But as soon as we fully liberated Karabakh in September 2023, cut the roots of separatism, and arrested the separatists, four months later the Council of Europe imposed sanctions against us. Look, this is their true face. The European Parliament is a nest of corrupt officials. I say this with full responsibility – the European Parliament is a nest of corrupt officials. Suitcases full of millions of dollars were found in the house of its vice-president, and they covered it all up. As if it never happened. Her name is known, she is a female deputy from Greece. How many years have passed since then? Has any measure been taken against her? No! Has she been held accountable? No! She was released. The European Parliament consists of these Islamophobes, and this should always be in the spotlight,” the President noted.