Baku displeased with PACE resolution, threatens to leave CoE

PanARMENIAN.Net - The resolution entitled "The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan", adopted on June 23 at the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is another example of biased and unreasonable approach aimed against the official Baku, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated, according to Contact.az.

"All the achievements of Azerbaijan aim to ensure the interests of the Azerbaijani people, not the approval of an international structure," said the Foreign Ministry.

The Council of Europe has adopted the anti-Azerbaijan document because Europe does not like the dynamic Muslim country. This is a "clear manifestation of Islamophobia, quickly gaining magnitude in Europe," said the Foreign Ministry.

"The Azerbaijani government has always been open to constructive proposals and recommendations, corresponding to its national interests. Interference in the internal affairs of an independent and sovereign state, any document adopted with a view to insults and pressure on it is absolutely unacceptable," the document continues.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry believes that the biased attitude and demonstration of double standards suggests Baku should seriously think if it really needs to participate in the Council of Europe and the PACE.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had some harsh words for Baku, saying that Azerbaijan has failed in its campaign to use petro-dollars to curry favors from the West, and must face reality from its virtual world of oil money and caviar.

Speaking about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Nalbandian said that Baku used the conflict to justify its own authoritarian system and violation of human rights.

He added, however, that the world was sick of Azerbaijan’s use of oil dollars. “A vivid example was a recent resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where Azerbaijan failed,” he said.