Another Scandal Around European Parliament VP Eva Kaili - Pursuing Armenian Interests Backfires
Date
2/25/2023 5:15:53 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 25. Vice-President
of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, is currently facing charges
in connection with her alleged relations with third countries, an
article in the EU Today said, trend reports.
Kaili also gets much heat for her association with a lobbying
group - the EU-Armenia friendship group, which in turn is closely
linked to the largest Armenian lobbying organization in Europe -
the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy
(EAFJD).
'The Brussels-based EAFJD is headed by its president, Kaspar
Karampetian, a diamond dealer who has been accused in the press of
dealing in so-called 'blood diamonds' and who holds both Armenian
and Greek citizenship,' the article noted.
Moreover, according to the author, EAFJD lobbied Armenian
interests in the office of the EU High Representative for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and participated in
organizing trips of European parliamentarians to the
Armenian-occupied regions of Karabakh, which are, as the author
rightly points out, recognized as the sovereign territory of
Azerbaijan by the international community.
For instance, as noted in the article, on the initiative of
EAFJD, German MEP Martin Sonneborn visited Karabakh with his wife
of Armenian origin in August 2019, also accompanied by Kaspar
Karampetian.
Furthermore, the author said, that Kaili herself spoke strongly
in the European Parliament for the abolition of the Schengen visa
for Azerbaijani diplomats, claiming that Azerbaijan is 'trying to
invade Karabakh', despite the fact that Karabakh is 'undisputedly
Azerbaijani territory'. The former vice president is also hostile
to Türkiye, which, in her opinion, may 'invade Armenia'.
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