European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Monday rejected Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s accusations of sabotaging the peace deal with Armenia and adopting “anti-Azerbaijani” resolutions.

Aliyev, addressing the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan via video link, first thanked the European Commission for its stance on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, but added that the European Parliament has instead been sabotaging the process. He said that between May 2021 and April 30, 2026, the European Parliament adopted 14 resolutions that contain what he described as highly offensive and false statements about Azerbaijan.

Aliyev was referring to a recent resolution adopted by the European Parliament expressing support for Armenia’s democratic resilience. The resolution also addressed the rights of Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, in particular the need to preserve Armenian cultural heritage in the region, as well as the safe return of Armenians to their homes.

Aliyev stated that “the European Parliament has targeted Azerbaijan with this resolution by spreading defamation and falsehoods.”

Metsola, who was in attendance at the summit, took the floor to respond:

“The European Parliament is a democratic body directly elected by representatives, and its resolutions are adopted by majority vote. The results may create discomfort for many, but we will never change the path we are following, and we will defend the positions we adopt,” Metsola said.