The European Parliament called on the EU Council to impose sanctions against the Azerbaijani authorities
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Members of the European Parliament (EP) called on the EU Council to consider imposing sanctions against the Azerbaijani authorities due to military actions in Nagorno-Karabakh. About it reported TASS with reference to the statement of the EP.
The statement said the deputies “condemn in the strongest terms today’s pre-planned and unjustified attack by Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh.” They also called for a reconsideration of relations with Azerbaijan.
The European Parliament called on Baku to “refrain from using military escalation as a pretext for the forced withdrawal of the local population,” immediately cease all military actions and sit down at the negotiating table with Stepanakert.
“We call on the President of Azerbaijan to accept the recent calls from the Prime Minister of Armenia for the resumption of high-level negotiations,” the statement said.
September 19, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported on the start of “anti-terrorist measures” in Nagorno-Karabakh to “restorate the constitutional order” of the republic. Yerevan called Baku’s actions “large-scale aggression.” Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov statedthat Moscow sees the possibility of entering into peace negotiations to resolve the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakhey
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