The European Parliament approved a resolution saying it ”considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops.”
EU legislators on Thursday accused Azerbaijan of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against the Armenian residents of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and urged EU member states to impose sanctions on Baku.
Azerbaijan has rejected the claim and said it wants Armenians to stay.
Baku pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians, however, most of the population fled after Azerbaijan took back the region in a lightning offensive last month.
The European Parliament approved a resolution saying it ”considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops.”
EU legislators on Thursday accused Azerbaijan of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against the Armenian residents of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region and urged EU member states to impose sanctions on Baku.
Azerbaijan has rejected the claim and said it wants Armenians to stay.
Baku pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians, however, most of the population fled after Azerbaijan took back the region in a lightning offensive last month.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/05/eu-parliament-accuses-baku-of-ethnic-cleansing-in-nagorno-karabakh
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