MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – The Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy’s trip to Baku – E-001839/2025

Question for written answer  E-001839/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Nicolas Bay (ECR)

Commission Vice-President / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas visited Baku on Friday 25 April 2025. During the trip, she said, ‘Azerbaijan is an important partner in the region’, despite President Aliyev’s continued threats towards Armenia and EU civilian observers stationed in Armenia. Meanwhile, Armenia’s pro-European policy is met with indifference.

• 1.Why does the Commission continue to move closer to Azerbaijan, an authoritarian state that does not respect EU values? How is doing so consistent with the EU’s commitments to peace, democracy and the rule of law?
• 2.How does the Commission explain the fact that the aggressor is rewarded while the victim is left out in the cold?

Submitted: 7.5.2025