Ilham Aliyev: The European Parliament is a den of corrupt officials

HEADLINE15.09.2026
Ilham Aliyev: The European Parliament is a den of corrupt officials

The European Parliament is a den of corrupt officials.

“Elchi” reports that the head of state said these words on September 15 while receiving a delegation consisting of the Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States Kubanychbek Omuraliev, members and observers of the Council of Heads of Muslim Religious Administrations of the Organization of Turkic States, co-organizers of the Yahya Bakuvi International Conference, and members of the Supreme Religious Council of the Peoples of the Caucasus.

The head of state stated that the Council of Europe has effectively supported the occupation:

“The European Parliament has always supported the occupying Armenia, and it is still the same today. This is a small illustration of the attitude towards us. Look at who we were facing; Armenia was not alone. If Armenia had been alone, this issue would have been resolved long ago. Or, if international sanctions had been imposed on Armenia at that time for this occupation, this brutality, and this genocide, the issue would have been resolved long ago. They did not do it, deliberately and intentionally. Now, sanctions are imposed everywhere, whether appropriate or not. But well, Armenia occupied 20 percent of another state’s territory here, expelled 700,000 people from there, expelled 250,000 people – Azerbaijanis – from Armenia, destroyed everything, all the cities. Why don’t you impose sanctions on it? This means double standards. Where do these double standards come from? It is clear. In any case, they do not come from the Islamic world. Therefore, we must all know this.”

Ilham Aliyev also emphasized that no sanctions were imposed against Armenia in the Council of Europe:

“But when we fully liberated Karabakh in September 2023, uprooted 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 den of corrupt officials. I say this with full responsibility – the European Parliament is a den of corrupt officials. Millions of dollars in suitcases 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 action 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.”