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Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Markéta Gregorová
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: CS

Dnes jsem šla podpořit před Parlament rodilé Arménky a Armény, kteří žijí ve Francii a přišli orodovat za své blízké. Nechápou, jak můžeme dále provozovat tuhle pokryteckou zahraniční politiku. Jak můžeme jednu zemi bránit před útoky a druhou nechávat napospas. Já zde tedy za ty protestující venku i všechny prchající obyvatele Náhorního Karabachu oroduji. Komise, Rado, členské země, už ne další tragédii jako na Ukrajině, už ne další ustupování diktátorům!
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Jordan Bardella
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: FR

Ce dénouement tragique n'avait rien d'inéluctable. Il n'est que le produit du renoncement à soutenir le droit d'un peuple à vivre sur la terre de ses ancêtres, quand bien même le hasard de l'histoire en aurait confié la souveraineté à d'autres.  Le Haut-Karabakh, attribué de manière arbitraire à l'Azerbaïdjan par Staline, est incontestablement un foyer de la civilisation arménienne. Sur les hauts plateaux de l'Artsakh, des cités arméniennes ont été fondées il y a plus de deux millénaires et le christianisme y a très vite trouvé une terre d'élection.  À l'heure où nous nous parlons, l'offensive de l'Azerbaïdjan, avec la bénédiction de la Turquie, menace de tout effacer. Un peuple qui s'en va, c'est une identité qui s'éteint. Demain, c'est peut-être l'intégrité territoriale de l'Arménie qui sera contestée, son territoire ayant déjà été violé par les troupes azéries en 2022.  Très tôt, nous vous avions alerté sur ce péril. Force est de constater que l'Union européenne préfère le gaz azerbaïdjanais au sang des Arméniens. L'Arménie est seule, prise en étau entre les prétentions turques et un voisin russe qui n'entend plus assurer sa protection. L'honneur de l'Europe est mis à l'épreuve. Oserions-nous continuer à être les spectateurs de la disparition d'un peuple, frère et ami? Comme beaucoup ici, je m'y refuse.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Idoia Villanueva Ruiz
Political group: The Left
Country: Czechia
Language: ES

Un ejemplo muy claro es lo sucedido el año pasado: tras aumentar la cantidad de gas y petróleo azeríes que importa Europa, Von der Leyen definió a Azerbaiyán como un socio fiable y creíble. Este socio fiable y creíble sobornó a personal europeo para salir bien parado ante denuncias sobre la situación de sus presos políticos. Este socio fiable y creíble firmó un acuerdo de cooperación diplomática y militar con Rusia cuarenta y ocho horas antes de la invasión de Ucrania. Este socio fiable y creíble vulnera sistemáticamente los derechos humanos y el Derecho internacional. Y, desde que atacó Nagorno Karabaj, más de 100 000 personas han huido ante el riesgo de una limpieza étnica.  Sin embargo, ahora, Europa no ha desplegado ni la solidaridad ni la ayuda que otros países sí han recibido. Y hoy quiero preguntarle a la Comisión: ¿sigue siendo Azerbaiyán un socio fiable y seguro, un socio fiable y creíble? Díganlo. Esta Cámara, la ciudadanía europea y también la ciudadanía armenia merecen saberlo.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Martin Sonneborn
Political group: NI
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Der EU-Führung ist zur Abwechslung mal etwas gelungen. Sie hat unserem Wertepartner, dem Irren aus Baku, dabei assistiert, die Demokratische Republik Arzach vollständig auszulöschen. Ratspräsident Michel und Frau von der Leyen haben Aserbaidschans Diktator Əliyev so lange den Rücken gestärkt, bis dieser vollendete Tatsachen schaffen konnte: 120 000 Menschen bombardiert und vertrieben – das dürften mehr sein, als noch an die EU und ihre Werte glauben. Mit Billigung der Borrells und Baerbocks wurde das Völkerrecht missbraucht, um eine kleine Demokratie unter die Herrschaft einer primitiven Diktatur zu zwingen, deren Soldaten jetzt vor laufender Kamera mit Messern in der Hand Jagd auf Armenier machen. Was die wohlfeilen Worte und Krokodilstränen angeht, die sie alle auf einmal vergießen, so wird sich zeigen, was sie wert sind, wenn Əliyev sich, wie angekündigt, den Rest Armeniens einverleibt. Werte, Werte, Werte, Poperte.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Rasa Juknevičienė
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, dear colleagues, Armenians are facing a humanitarian crisis. The EU must help Armenia to take care of its people. The EU must also be prepared to impose sanctions on Azerbaijan if its military moves into Armenia’s territory. The EU can help set up the Nakhchivan transit scheme, building on the good practice of the Kaliningrad transit. But Armenians also must learn to live in a new reality. Many in Armenia already realise that relying on imperial Russia was a strategic and painful mistake. I therefore call on all responsible political forces in Armenia to find the strength and instead of fighting among themselves to start a debate on the future of Armenia. I would very much like to hear Prime Minister Pashinyan speaking from this podium. The EU must be ready to support a European future for Armenia if Armenians wish for it.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Isabel Santos
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, não podemos dizer que os ataques militares continuados perpetrados pelo Azerbaijão contra o Nagorno-Karabakh nos últimos dias são uma surpresa. Depois da guerra de 2020, a retórica inflamada de Aliyev, as constantes provocações na fronteira com a Arménia e o bloqueio do corredor de Lachin em dezembro de 2022 faziam antever o que está a acontecer.  Apesar disso, o cheiro do gás e do petróleo fizeram a presidente Von der Leyen nomear o Azerbaijão um parceiro confiável. Não há autocratas nem ditadores confiáveis. E os valores da União Europeia e os valores da democracia e dos direitos humanos não são passíveis de venda.  Os acordos com o Azerbaijão para fornecimento de gás têm de ser imediatamente suspensos. É necessário apoiar os refugiados e deslocados arménios, abrir o corredor de Lachin e reforçar a missão de monitorização da UE e envidar esforços para o estabelecimento de um acordo de paz sustentável. Em 1915, não tínhamos os meios de comunicação que temos hoje nem Internet. Agora todos vemos, ouvimos e lemos. A União Europeia não pode ficar em silêncio nem cruzar os braços.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Hilde Vautmans
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: NL

Voorzitter, collega’s, commissaris, een etnische zuivering is bezig op ons continent en ik heb echt het gevoel dat Europa erbij staat en dat we ernaar kijken. Is dit werkelijk de geopolitieke Unie die we nastreven? En is Azerbeidzjan werkelijk zo’n betrouwbare partner waarvan we gas kunnen kopen? Die afschuwelijke beelden snijden door ons hart. Bijna de hele Armeense bevolking heeft het gebied verlaten, waaronder 20 000 onschuldige kinderen. We hebben onze mond vol van een Unie met waarden en normen. Laten we dan nu optreden. Europa moet dringend met noodhulp komen. We moeten in Armenië helpen om de vluchtelingen op te vangen en we moeten met sancties voorkomen dat Azerbeidzjan voortdoet. We moeten erop aandringen dat de blokkade van de Laçın-corridor wordt opgeheven, onderzoek voeren naar de oorlogsmisdaden, steun verlenen aan Armenië via de Europese Vredesfaciliteit. Als Azerbeidzjan blijft doorgaan met geweld, moeten we onze gas- en olieaankopen bevriezen. Dit moeten we doen voor onze waarden, maar vooral voor de onschuldige slachtoffers.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Sergey Lagodinsky
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Wir glauben nicht, wenn Aserbaidschan sagt, dass Bergkarabach in ein multinationales Aserbaidschan integriert wird. Wir können dem nicht glauben, wenn eine kulturelle Entfaltung und Bürgerrechtsschutz verbal versprochen wird. Nein, was wir sehen, ist eine kulturelle Auslöschung und eine ethnische Säuberung, wenn nicht durch nachgewiesene Gewaltanwendung – manche bezweifeln das –, dann doch sicherlich durch nachgewiesene Androhung der Gewalt und der physischen Auslöschung. Wenn das Anliegen von Bergkarabach als Terrorismus dargestellt wird, wird die gesamte Bevölkerung, jedenfalls die männliche Bevölkerung, zu Verbrechern degradiert und damit auch mit Tod bedroht. Unsere Forderungen müssen sein, dass wir doch auch der armenischen Minderheit aus Bergkarabach eine Perspektive bieten, bis hin zu einer Möglichkeit, unter einer internationalen Garantie zurückzukehren. Jedenfalls muss die Zahlung der Entschädigung klar und deutlich gefordert werden. Und wir müssen die kleine Demokratie in Armenien unterstützen und den Armenen eine westliche, eine demokratische Perspektive anbieten.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Assita Kanko
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter, wordt de EU de knecht van elke dictator op deze aardbol? We hebben ons vastgereden in de regio. We zijn de dupe van president Aliyev geworden, die met zijn gas staat te zwaaien in ruil voor onze principes. De EU heeft de signalen genegeerd dat Azerbeidzjan gebruik wilde maken van de verzwakte positie van Rusland in de regio om Nagorno-Karabach volledig onder zijn controle te brengen. We hebben geen rekening gehouden met mogelijke vergelding na de toenadering tussen Armenië en het Westen. Het gevolg is dat de humanitaire noodsituatie die ontstond door de maandenlange blokkade van de Laçın-corridor, verergerd werd door de 200 doden en honderden slachtoffers van de militaire aanval door Azerbeidzjan op Nagorno-Karabach op 19 september en de uittocht, en dus ontheemding, van de overgrote meerderheid van Armeniërs uit Nagorno-Karabach. Nu komt het einde van het zelfbestuur van Nagorno-Karabach in zicht. Per 1 januari 2024 heeft deze etnische minderheid geen thuis meer. Nagorno-Karabach heeft veel meer dan humanitaire hulp nodig. De etnische zuivering moet stoppen. De rechten van de overgebleven Armeniërs in Nagorno-Karabach mogen niet verder geschonden worden. Het Armeens-christelijke erfgoed in Nagorno-Karabach moet beschermd worden. De EU mag vooral geen tweede keer tekortschieten en territoriale aanspraken van Azerbeidzjan op delen van de Armeense republiek zelf niet negeren. Wij moeten de soevereiniteit van Armenië steunen.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Anna Bonfrisco
Political group: ID
Country: Belgium
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, signora Commissaria, nel 2019 la Presidente della Commissione europea annunciava che sarebbe stata un'Unione europea più geopolitica. Ad esempio, abbandonare al loro destino più di 130 000 armeni è un'azione europea geopolitica, oppure, come la definirebbe l'Alto commissario Borrell, è la vittoria della legge della giungla sul diritto internazionale basato sulle regole? E come ha potuto la Commissione, solo un anno fa, concludere con l'Azerbaigian il memorandum d'intesa sul partenariato strategico nel settore dell'energia e non porre delle condizioni per proteggere le comunità armene del Nagorno-Karabakh? Dovevate scegliere la logica delle radici culturali, storiche e cristiane che legano noi e il popolo armeno, ma non lo avete fatto, accettando ancora la logica dei confini decisi da Stalin. Dovevate difendere il patrimonio politico di questo secolo, ovvero i diritti umani, la democrazia, lo Stato di diritto, avete invece scelto l'esercito azero, che con l'uso della forza e con i crimini di guerra smantella il millenario capitale artistico culturale armeno e le effigi religiose del Nagorno Karabakh, che sono parte delle radici dell'Europa. E anche per questo la storia vi giudicherà.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Giorgos Georgiou
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, κυρία επίτροπε, αυτές τις ημέρες γινόμαστε μάρτυρες ενός συνεχιζόμενου ιστορικού εγκλήματος σε βάρος ενός πολύπαθου λαού, των Αρμενίων. Πέφτουν ξανά θύματα μιας εθνοκάθαρσης από τον κ. Aliyev, στενό συνεργάτη του κυρίου Erdoğan—δυστυχώς, όμως, και στενό συνεργάτη της ίδιας της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.  Η κ. von der Leyen μόλις πρόσφατα αντάλλασσε χειραψίες με τον κ. Aliyev. Το αζέρικο φυσικό αέριο, διερωτώμαι, μπαίνει πάνω από τις ζωές των ανθρώπων και τις υποκριτικές διακηρύξεις για δημοκρατία και ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα;  Μέσα από τις έντονες γεωπολιτικές αντιπαραθέσεις για έλεγχο των πηγών ενέργειας και των μεταφορών του, παραδοσιακοί φίλοι —ξέρουμε ποιοι είναι— αλλά και όψιμοι σύμμαχοι των Αρμενίων —Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, ΝΑΤΟ, Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση— έχουν εγκαταλείψει τους Αρμένιους στο έλεος του Aliyev. Κάπως έτσι αναδεικνύεται και η υποκρισία όσων μιλούν σήμερα για διεθνή έννομη τάξη, και εκείνο που μένει τελικά είναι τα δύο μέτρα και δύο σταθμά και οι τραγωδίες των λαών. Αυτές οι μέρες είναι μέρες θλίψης και πόνου.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, signora Commissaria, questa è la cronaca di una tragedia annunciata, di una nuova puntata del genocidio armeno, del  Nonostante i numerosissimi passi intrapresi dall'Armenia per avvicinarsi sempre di più all'Europa – non da ultima l'odierna ratifica dello Statuto di Roma –, l'Unione si è voltata dall'altra parte mentre Baku teneva criminalmente bloccato il corridoio di Lachin. Non è bastata neanche la conclamata e solida alleanza tra Aliyev e Putin a farci aprire gli occhi. Semplicemente si è adottato un silenzio assenso, sacrificando la popolazione armena sull'altare della  Sono raccapriccianti le scene di persecuzione che arrivano dal Nagorno-Karabakh. Chiedo ancora una volta, con forza, l'imposizione immediata di durissime sanzioni contro le autorità azere, autorità che si sono macchiate di questo atto barbaro e spregevole, dando seguito alla lettera che ho già inviato prima dell'ultima offensiva e che ha visto la co-firma di 51 di voi, colleghi. E deve esserci anche un divieto totale di export di armi verso Baku. Lo chiedo chiaramente a tutti i governi, anche al governo Meloni, che, a quanto pare, sta negoziando, nonostante tutto, con la capitale azera. Troppe volte abbiamo detto "Mai più", salvo poi limitarci a osservare, mentre le pagine più buie della storia si ripetevano sotto i nostri occhi. Non siamo riusciti a evitare che oltre 100 000 armeni fossero costretti a lasciare le loro terre ancestrali, mentre già Baku pianifica l'invasione dello Zangezur. Sospendiamo subito ogni accordo con Baku, perché l'odore del gas e del petrolio non deve coprire il profumo della libertà. Viva l'Armenia libera, democratica ed europea!
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Michael Gahler
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Madam President, colleagues, we are where we are: Azerbaijan’s unilateral violent action has been widely condemned and rightly so. Let us now take a people-centred approach: helping Armenia to address the humanitarian challenges resulting from more than 100 000 refugees, demanding the establishment of an international presence of observers to reassure the remaining population of their safety – the framework could be the UN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe or the Red Cross, all renowned organisations where Azerbaijan is a full member – and engaging President Aliyev by his own promises that those citizens can live safely in their homeland. An international presence would be a prerequisite for that, and this guarantee must not apply only to those few who remained. We must demand that those who fled in panic are encouraged and reassured that it is safe to return home. Ethnic cleansing must not be the lasting and final result of this violent action. Let us also signal to the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Pashinyan that if Russia abandons them, we will not. I think we should start negotiations on a visa-free regime. That could be a sign of hope that they are not alone.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Robert Hajšel
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Madam President, dear Commissioner, I am very concerned about the current worrying humanitarian situation after the attack of Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh. We have to recognise that EU has failed and was not able to prevent this to happen. It is another significant setback in the effort to build sustainable peace in the region.  Maintaining ceasefire is our key priority. Both sides should refrain from any further violence and engage in a comprehensive and transparent dialogue. We have to call on the Commission to reassess the relations with Azerbaijan, including EU partnership on the gas supplies, to increase humanitarian assistance and to help Yerevan face the challenge of nearly 90 000 refugees that are escaping or were evicted, and also to offer Armenia a European perspective. Meanwhile, I welcome the arrival of UN mission on the ground and I believe that the UN Security Council should consider deploying a peacekeeping mission to protect civilians at risk of ethnic cleansing. I understand the situation is rapidly evolving. However, the EU must be firm and express strong commitment in favour of international commitments, long-term sustainable peace and the protection of civilians, in particular the minorities.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Karen Melchior
Political group: Renew
Country: Estonia
Language: DA

Fru formand! Tak fru formand, tak til statssekretær for europæiske anliggender, kommissær. I 1902 rejste den danske lærer, Karen Jeppe, til Armenien for at hjælpe de fordrevne armenere. Det var i optakten til det armenske folkemord i 1915. Dengang svigtede det internationale samfund Armenien. Aserbajdsjan har igennem de seneste år overskredet, hvad der burde være Europas røde linjer i Nagorno-Karabakh, men vi har ikke set nogen handling fra EU. De seneste angreb har indtil videre fordrevet mere end 100.000 mennesker over grænsen til Armenien. Det vi ser, er en fordrivelse af det sidste armenske mindretal i området. Den geopolitiske situation med Ruslands aggressionskrig i Ukraine virker til at have lammet EU. Det er tragikomisk, når von der Leyen og Borrell taler om EU som global aktør. Vi bliver nødt til at kunne reagere på mere end én ting ad gangen. Ellers bliver det alt for nemt at sætte EU på sidelinjen. Men samtidig skal Armenien også hjælpe os med at hjælpe dem. Vi har brug for, at Armenien engagerer sig fuldt ud i tæt partnerskab med EU. Vi kan tage det første skridt i denne retning allerede i dag. Statssekretæren for europæiske anliggender, Charles Michel, og Josep Borrell, bør invitere Armeniens premierminister, Pashinyan, og præsident, Khachaturyan, til mødet i Granada i overmorgen, hvor EU's statsledere er samlet. På den måde står EU sammen med Armenien i ønsket om en fredelig fremtid for Syd-Kaukasus med respekt for alle mindretal.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Madame President, the mass exodus of Armenians from Artsakh, fleeing their homeland and leaving everything behind for fear of their lives is truly shameful and represents a massive failure. We did warn that the months long blockade of the Lachin corridor was only the prelude to a de facto ethnic cleansing. Azerbaijan, with all its anti-Armenian rhetoric, was never genuinely committed to diplomacy. Aliyev, who made assurances that he wouldn’t once again use weapons to impose a solution, has mocked us, the international community and the agreement signed in 2020. Now he has what he has been dreaming of. A Nagorno-Karabakh without Armenians, another territorial conflict that ends with the use of force and not through negotiation and once again violating the right to self-determination.  We have to make it clear that behaving like Azerbaijan did with such unilateral actions must have consequences. Otherwise, autocrats feel emboldened. The EU must now provide all the necessary help to Armenia to face the refugee crisis, but also to consolidate its democracy with a European perspective.
Debate: Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia
Date: TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2023
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, преди 110 години великият Яворов написа за арменците: „Изгнаници клети, отломка нищожна от всякога храбър народ мъченик, дечица на майка, робиня тревожна и жертви на подвиг чутовно велик ...“ Тези стихове бяха посветени на геноцида над арменския народ, извършен от младотурците в рамките на Османската империя. Сто и десет години по-късно тези събития се повтарят, този път извършени от техните първи братовчеди – азерите, пред очите на всички вас. И за това се знаеше, и за това се предупреждаваше, и беше ясно какво ще свърши диктаторският режим на Алиев.  Само че тук някой си правеше сметчици, че може да си прави геополитически игри, да си пазарува, да си търгува,  да си купува газ, да си купува нефт, залагайки живота на арменците. Тук чувахме, че било жалко насилието над арменците, обаче, уви, те били на грешната страна на историята. Не може да има грешна страна на историята, когато става дума за геноциди. Не може да има грешна страна на историята, когато става дума за етническо прочистване. Или си на правилната страна, или си на грешната страна.  Този Парламент и тази Комисия, която ни слуша в момента и нещо си говори някакви техни работи, както обикновено, избраха отново да са на грешната страна и да си играят геополитически игрички. Жертваха арменците за пореден път. Никакви преговори и разговори няма да помогнат. Единственото нещо, което може да помогне и да изтрие срама и позора, оттук се оправдават, че някой не знаел, друг мислeл, че Алиев го излъгал, трети не знам какво си .... Ами като ви е излъгал Алиев, оттук засрамвате се, гледате в земята и напускате.  Момент, г-жо Председател. Такива неща могат да се изкупят само и единствено със санкции. Санкции срещу Алиев и санкции срещу този позорен диктаторски режим. Иначе са хуморески историите, че щели да се върнат арменците. Глупости на хора, които нищо не разбират.