BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. Azerbaijan's Parliament has adopted a Statement on the European Parliament (EP) resolution against the country, Trend reports.
This issue has been discussed at today's plenary session of the Azerbaijani parliament.
The Parliament Speaker, Sahiba Gafarova, said that a commission was set up to adopt the Statement.
Shahin Ismayilov was elected as the chairman of the commission, and Fazail Ibrahimli, Bahruz Maharramov, Zaur Shukurov, and Parvana Valiyeva were elected as its members.
The Azerbaijani MPs made speeches and strongly condemned and rejected the EP's resolution.
Ismayilov read the text of the Statement.
After discussions, the document was put to a vote and adopted.
The statement reads:
''The Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan strongly condemns the 18 December 2025 resolution of the European Parliament and categorically protests against this prejudiced political act. This document, which relies upon false information and fabricated claims and represents a further failed attempt to dress specific criminal acts in political garb, is yet another futile endeavour to cast a shadow on the rule of law and to interfere in judicial processes crudely.
As is evident, whilst unable to abandon its anti‑Azerbaijani rhetoric, the European Parliament is once again demonstrating political hypocrisy by continuing the use of a topic as important as human rights to its own concealed ends and for destructive undertakings. The European Parliament, which had invariably shown indifference towards the 30-year-long occupation of our lands, destruction of hundreds of our cities and villages as well as of historical, religious and cultural heritage, and which had blinked at the violation of the human rights of the 1 million refugees and internally displaced persons, then responded to the restoration of our territorial integrity and sovereignty following the 44-day Patriotic War and anti-terrorist measures as well as the enforcement of the international law standards and principles by adopting in excess of 10 disgraceful resolutions against Azerbaijan.
It will not be out of place to remember that the European Parliament was abused as one of the principal instruments of the hybrid attacks that were launched against Azerbaijan before and during such a substantial event as the COP29. That proved once more that the process whereby resolutions are adopted within the European Parliament is controlled purposefully by specific interest groups. As observations indicate, the majority of Members of the European Parliament do not have a minute comprehension of not only the essence but also even the texts of the draft resolutions which they vote on. This, in turn, testifies to the deplorable condition in which European Parliamentarism finds itself.
A number of characteristic features of the European Parliament’s profile are known full well not only to Azerbaijan but also to many other countries, which have been met with unfounded and absurd accusations emanating from this body. The resolution in question, then, discloses the true nature of the European Parliament whilst also exposing its genuine intentions.
The uncovering of the numerous facts evidencing the depth of entrenchment of corruption and bribery within the European Parliament proves that this adverse tendency happens to be at the heart of this body's daily activities. As a rule, resolutions of the European Parliament that provide paid services to various interested circles feature as quid pro quo for the material benefit obtained.
It is lamentable as well that the European Parliament, with its consistently crusader-like approaches to certain processes, would become a platform to give voice and clear expression to Islamophobic and Turkophobic tendencies. Such biased attacks against Azerbaijan, an inseparable part of the Islamic and Turkic world, render demonstrable the intention of certain groups setting the tone for such tendencies in Europe to secure additional political gains. It is also undeniable that this resolution of the European Parliament constitutes part of a wide‑ranging plan.
The undeniable reality is that the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, won peace just as he won the war. It was specifically the unwavering policy of the Head of State that proved decisive in maintaining lasting peace in the region of the South Caucasus.
And it turns out now that the progress in the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process, which was achieved at the Washington Summit consequent to the sincere mediation by U.S. President Donald Trump on 8 August 2025, fails to be in the interest of certain circles. Having lost the capability of participating in pertinent processes and, indeed, of meddling with them, those circles now resort to such primitive steps taken against Azerbaijan, the initiator of peace, stability and co-operation in our region, to obstruct those processes indirectly.
Consequently, and in view also of everything stated above, one could safely say that the European Parliament is attempting once more to veil its insidious intentions with the argumentation built upon baseless, lopsided and false assertions.
Azerbaijani Parliament reiterates its resolute rejection and its opinion of it as unacceptable the aforementioned resolution of the European Parliament. Such resolutions can in no way have upon Azerbaijan nor sway our country from its path.''