Speaker of Azerbaijan Parliament Ogtay Asadov has sent a letter of protest to the President of European Parliament Martin Schulz.
The letter expresses regret and anxiety connected with the resolution on "Violation of human rights, democracy and supremacy of law", adopted by the European Parliament in relation to Azerbaijan on May 24.
The letter reminds the steps taken by Azerbaijan, as well as laws adopted in direction of maintenance of human rights and freedom, its close cooperation with Venice Commission of the European Council, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and other international organizations:
‘By generalizing different cases, attempt to disgrace democratic processes in Azerbaijan, introduce special issues as a general development inclination demonstrates one-sided approach to such issues. By taking all these into account, the last resolution of the European Parliament can be assessed as an attempt to line over the works carried out in maintenance of human rights and freedom in Azerbaijan, provision of supremacy of law, as well as in the field of legal, democratic, worldwide state-building'.
Asadov noted that one of the main reasons of adoption of the resolution in such a way is connected with that during the process arguments of Azerbaijani side were not taken into consideration, whereas inaccurate and unexamined information was taken as base.
The Azerbaijani Speaker added that on one hand Azerbaijan is in a state of war and military confrontation with Armenia, which occupied 20% territory of the country; on the other hand, the threat of Islamic fundamentalism is intensifying from the south: ‘In such circumstances, the adoption of European Parliament's resolution, based on double standards, biased evaluates the situation in Azerbaijan aimed at damaging the international image of the country, causing a shadow on bilateral relations and the sincerity of the relationship of the European Parliament toward Azerbaijan'.

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