The European Parliament today adopted resolution 2019/2209 (INI) entitled “Recommendation of the European Parliament to the Council, Commission and EU Vice-President / High Representative for Foreign affairs and Security policy over the Eastern Partnership Program before the June (2020) Summit.”
The document was prepared by a member of the European Parliament from Lithuania Petras Austrevicius with the participation of co-rapporteurs Radoslaw Sikorski, Anna Fotygi (both Poland), Attila Ara-Kovacs (Hungary) and Marketa Gregorova (Czech Republic).
The preamble of the document refers to European Parliament resolution 2009/2216 (INI), “Requirement for a European Union Strategy for the South Caucasus,” adopted on May 20, 2010.
In paragraphs 8 and 10 of this resolution - the territories occupied by the Armenian forces were called "occupied".
In the new resolution of the European Parliament, as like in the previous document 10 years ago, there is no mention of the “right to self-determination”, which the Armenian side insists on it in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
The document also notes that "the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Eastern Partnership countries are still infringed by unresolved regional conflicts, external aggression and the ongoing occupation of some of these countries ..."
Paragraph (b o) calls for the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops from all occupied territories. This clause applies to all the Eastern Partnership member countries, in whose territory the occupying forces are deployed and, accordingly, to Azerbaijan, the territories of which are occupied by Armenia.
The document expressed EU support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the countries of the Eastern Partnership “within internationally recognized borders” (paragraph b m).
It also contains “support by the [European Union] for the efforts of [states] to fully implement these principles” (“support their efforts to fully enforce those principles”).
In fact, the European Union recognizes the full right of states to provide force for their sovereignty, territorial integrity within internationally recognized borders and their political independence.
