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EU: We Will Keep Recommending

EU leaders responded to the appeal of civil society in Azerbaijan sent to them prior to the visit to Brussels by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

 
The message made up on the initiative of the Club of Human Rights, IRFS, and Media Center and signed by 50 activists, addressed to the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.
 
The authors urged EU not to sacrifice democracy in the name of energy interests. According to the authors of the message, a prerequisite for the realization of the Southern Gas Corridor should be the provision of human rights in Azerbaijan.
 
Yesterday on behalf of Barroso and Van Rompuy a reply message was sent to the activists, signed by the head of the EU Directorate for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional Cooperation and the OSCE, Gunnar Wiegand.
 
The letter states that although Azerbaijan and the EU signed 13 January 2011 the Declaration on the Southern Gas Corridor, a decision on the draft TAP (Trans-Adriatic Pipeline) and Nabucco West will be accepted by private companies and bear commercial character. The EU for its part will support the decision that will be taken by the companies.
 
The letter certified that the EU is committed to protecting human rights, the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Azerbaijan.
In particular, March 20, 2013 the annual report of the European Neighbourhood Policy, noted that Azerbaijan implements a very small part of the recommendations of the EU.
 
"It is worrying the EU. In addition, the EU called for the implementation of PACE report on political prisoners in Azerbaijan. "
The EU also called on Baku to commit to Action Plan for the Protection of Human Rights signed by the country's President in December 2011, as well as to be aligned with international standards of legislation on freedom of assembly, association and the media, to investigate the facts of physical pressure on journalists and to increase their efforts to ensure the independence of the courts .
 
 "Another important issue is the organization of free, fair and transparent presidential elections in the upcoming fall. The process will be closely monitored by the EU Delegation in Azerbaijan and the Foreign Policy Commission in Brussels."
 
 "Be assured that the issues of human rights, the rule of law, freedom of expression and assembly have always been raised during the visits of Commissioner Füle, President Barroso, President Van Rompuy and High Representative Ashton, and was the subject of discussion during last week's visit by President Aliyev with EU institutions," says the message by Wiegand. -06D-

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