Azerbaijan wants to destroy everything - says European Parliament member
I cannot understand the OSCE Minsk Group that is guided by the Madrid Principles, Frank Engel, a member of the European Parliament, said in Yerevan on April 25. Frank Engel, who had just returned from Stepanakert, said his anticipations were justified during his visit to Artsakh. “I think you all heard the statements I made at the European Parliament. I shall seize this opportunity to repeat them once again. The international community must condemn the actions of Azerbaijan. The latter wants to destroy everything. No one should have doubts about Azerbaijan’s aggression, the evidence of which are the severed heads and cut off ears of civilians which Azerbaijanis show to their population. In this context, the Karabakh issue becomes more complicated because of Turkey’s involvement and Russia’s ambiguous policy. “I think if a country is on friendly terms with one of the conflicting sides, it should not sell weapons to the other side. People in Karabakh and Armenia repeat that Russia is their friend but Armenian citizens and soldiers were killed from weapons sold by that country,” he said. When speaking about Russia’s ambiguous policy, Frank Engel said it might be caused by Russia’s wish to attract more countries to join the Customs Union. On the other hand, Russia does not want to spoil its economic relations with Azerbaijan. He stressed that Europe is also playing a dual role. The only solution, according to Engel, is the international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh. “My colleagues and I must make every effort in the European Parliament, national parliaments and elsewhere to achieve international recognition of Karabakh, otherwise the entire nation will face the threat [of new genocide] which the civilized world should never see again,” Mr Engel said. He says the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict can no longer be considered a frozen conflict. “A conflict cannot be frozen if there are more than a hundred victims…”
