News - It’s time to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan; condemnation is not enough – MEP

It is time for the European Union to review relations with Azerbaijan and impose sanctions on it, European Parliament member Lars Patrick Berg said. After the discussion on Nagorno-Karabakh at the session of the Foreign Relations Committee of the European Parliament, the MP stated that he agrees with the evaluations of his colleagues. "For Azerbaijan, it is really the time of consequences, and condemnation is not enough. It is time for the European Union to review its relations with Azerbaijan. Contrary to the opinion of the President of the European Commission, Azerbaijan is clearly not a reliable partner. It is certainly time for Azerbaijan to be subject to sanctions and for the EU to take necessary measures to support Armenia. The Azerbaijani regime in Nagorno-Karabakh tried to starve ethnic Armenians to death, and now they are shelling civilians as part of their ethnic cleansing policy. It is enough," the MP stressed. Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, among the casualties and wounded are civilians. On September 20, it became known that the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh accepted the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping mission regarding the cessation of fire. Proposal by Azerbaijan envisages the withdrawal of the remaining units and servicemen of the RA Armed Forces from the deployment zone of the Russian peacekeeping troops and the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations, the complete disarmament of the Defense Army, as well as the withdrawal of heavy equipment and weapons from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in order to quickly eliminate them. In addition, on Thursday, the representatives of Artsakh and Azerbaijan will meet in Yevlakh, a city in Azerbaijan located about 100 km northeast of Stepanakert, and the issues of ensuring the security of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians will be discussed.