Elkhan Suleymanov appeals to European Parliament
To the attn. of,
Members of the European Parliament
Honourable Members,
I write to you to express my definite objection to your debate, vote and the adopted resolution in Brussels on the 15th of April 2015 on the centenary of the so-called Armenian “genocide?, in my behalf as vice-president of Euronest PA and chair of the Azerbaijan Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. I wish to express my deepest displeasure at this unfortunate decision by your House and my surprise at this attempt to destabilise an already security sensitive region.
To the
attn. of,
Members of
the European Parliament
Honourable
Members,
I write to you to express my definite objection
to your debate, vote and the adopted resolution in Brussels on the 15thof April 2015 on the centenary of the so-called Armenian “genocide?, in my
behalf as vice-president of Euronest PA and chair of the Azerbaijan Delegation
to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. I wish to express my deepest
displeasure at this unfortunate decision by your House and my surprise at this attempt
to destabilise an already security sensitive region.
There is no unilateral position of the Member
States of the European Union on the unfortunate events taking place one century
ago in the Ottoman Empire and rightfully so. Most EU members, a majority of
countries in the world, EU commissioners, politicians and parties refrain from
engaging with such direct language and understand the importance of peace and
stability. However, due to an unprecedented pro-Armenian pattern developing in
the European Parliament in recent years, it seems that once again you have
adopted their particular views on the world, without scrutiny and proper
understanding. Archives are still closed on the events in both Armenia and most
European countries and it seems clear that this refusal to open them can only
mean a changing of the truth to something more suitable Armenians.
Your House has shown such double standards in
the past and this is not the first time, unfortunately. You openly defend
Armenian interests and at the same time intend to unjustly get trampled Azerbaijan and Turkey by Armenia,
at every opportunity and don?t give up your biased position. You fail to call
Armenia to order over its occupation of Azeri territories. In fact, you fail in
any way to recognize the events in Khojaly of 1992, when Armenian troops committed a well-documented genocide against an entire
Azeri population! You chose, however, to adapt once again the Armenian
discourse. You ignore the occupation of Nagorno-Karabagh, the occupation of
Kelbajar, Lachin, Kubatli, Jebrail, Zangelan, Agdam and Fuzuli, pretending it
doesn?t exist! The denial of Khojaly Genocide by you, the denial of the
occupation by you should itself by illegal and condemned! March of this year
marked 110th anniversary of the genocide of Azerbaijani people by
Armenians. You failed to recognize this genocide, even to remember about it!
For countries outside the EU it is becoming rather
difficult to understand your foreign policy. On one hand, you claim to defend
peace, security, stability, human rights and democracy. On the other, you
defend Armenia, a country which even at the time you are reading this letter,
is having troops occupying Azeri lands and shooting at Azeri citizens, with a
problematic regime which has shot its own citizens in the streets during
anti-government protests! The same country which refuses to normalise relations
with Turkey due to events taking place one hundred years ago, the same country
which has chosen to enter the Eurasian Union rather than dealing with the
European Union!
Furthermore,
this resolution bases on geopolitical reasons and
religious factors. The Pope?s speech on 12th April was an obvious proof
of it and a signal for the beginning of a specific crusade against Muslim
Turkey.
Instead
of promoting peaceful coexistence, tolerance, and solidarity between Turkish
and Armenian nations within your activity, you called thorugh your irrational
resolution not to peace, but to mutual hatred and hostility, like rupture
between Ukraine and Russia created by you, which is very dangerous for future
generations.
Your behaviour is, indeed, bizarre and might
explain the rising disappointment and distrust many European citizens feel
towards the European Parliament. Indeed, it is messages like this that explain
why Azeri voters are increasingly hostile to increased or even further
cooperation with Europe. From now on, after such resolutions coming from you
one after another in the past years, it seems unlikely our constituents would
support any more activities in Euronest for our delegation.
Unfortunately, it seems the Armenian agenda is
being promoted in other places as well. The recent unfortunate statement made
by PACE President, Ms. Anne Brasseur mirror the incorrect position of your
hose.
We refuse to your resolution, as unilateral, groundless,
and biased document, which unfairly defends Armenians, who were
historically known for their aggression and repeatedly committed genocide
against Turkish and Azerbaijani people.
I call on you, dear Members, to realise that
you are being manipulated by Armenian lobbyists and to
begin to examine the actual impact and consistency of your messages!
With the expression of my regards,
Elkhan Suleymanov
Vice-president of the Euronest PA
