The Vice President of the German Parliament met with Azerbaijani activists

Published: July 18, 2022 20:56

To Azerbaijan Dissatisfaction was expressed that the visiting officials only met with the officials

On July 18, the Vice President of the German Federal Parliament, Catherine Goering-Eckart, who was on a visit to Baku, met with civil society activists.

The head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Education Center told Meydan TV that the meeting took place in a short period of time. Pomegranate Mammadli said that each of the participants spoke in their fields:

“It was a short meeting. I am more Europe Union and Azerbaijan I touched on their relations”.

Pomegranate According to Mammadli, they are in relation to human rights Europe They emphasized the importance of increasing trust on the part of the Union.

A social activist from the participants of the meeting Bakhtiyar Hajiyev “Facebook” wrote on the page that the guest European Union officials To Azerbaijan expressed his displeasure that he only met with officials during his visit:

“I conveyed my objection to the vice-president of the German Federal Parliament that they should not meet with the activists. Specifically, I gave an example of Ursula von der Leyen, who is visiting our country today, taking such a step.”

After the meeting, the Vice-President of the German Federal Parliament, Kathryn Goering-Eckart, wrote on her Twitter account that she supports the efforts made to eliminate Europe’s dependence on gas:

“However, we should not ignore the issues of democracy and human rights in the countries we cooperate with, we should pay attention to it.”