{"id":170168,"date":"2015-09-29T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T08:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:38:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:38:53","slug":"azerbaijans-euro-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan’s Euro-Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \"\"
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n \"\"
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

\n Azerbaijani leaders are furious with the \u00a0European Union for accusing them of jailing journalists and human rights defenders.\n <\/p>\n

\n On September 10, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling for the \u201cimmediate and unconditional release from jail of all political prisoners, human rights defenders, journalists and other civil society activists\u201d including
\n
\n
\n
\n Khadija Ismayil
\n <\/a>
\n <\/b>
\n <\/i>
\n \u00a0and
\n
\n
\n
\n Leyla and Arif Yunus
\n <\/a>
\n <\/b>
\n <\/i>
\n , and \u201ca prompt investigation into the
\n
\n
\n
\n death of the journalist Rasim Aliyev
\n <\/a>
\n <\/b>
\n <\/i>
\n \u201d.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Europarliament went further than previous statements by also calling on \u201cEU authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the corruption allegations against President Aliyev and members of his family revealed by the work of the investigative journalist Khadija Ismaylova\u201d.\n <\/p>\n

\n The resolution said talks on a Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Azerbaijan should be put on hold, and asked the European Commission to consider suspending all funding apart from that for \u201chuman rights, civil society and grassroots level people-to-people cooperation\u201d. It also proposed travel bans and other sanctions for Azerbaijani officials and judges involved in persecuting political opponents.\n <\/p>\n

\n In response, Azerbaijan\u2019s foreign ministry cancelled a visit to Baku by an EU foreign policy team, and summoned the EU delegation head Malena Mard to hand her a protest note.\n <\/p>\n

\n Meeting on September 14, Azerbaijan\u2019s parliament voted to suspend participation in the EU-Neighbourhood East Parliamentary Assembly (Euronest), a body set up in 2011 as a forum for dialogue with the EU\u2019s \u201cEastern Neighbours\u201d \u2013 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.\n <\/p>\n

\n The legislators also decided that any sanctions imposed on Azerbaijani officials would be countered with a ban on visits by European Parliament members.\n <\/p>\n

\n President Ilham Aliyev\u2019s adviser on political affairs, Ali Hasanov, said Azerbaijan would never accept anyone trying to \u201cdominate\u201d it or establish an unequal relationship. He accused the European Parliament of acting under pressure from \u201cIslamophobic\u201d and \u201cpro-Armenian\u201d forces.\n <\/p>\n

\n In Azerbaijan, critics of the government noted its silence on the substance of the concerns raised by the Europarliament, namely the persecution of opponents, dissidents and journalists.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cInstead of trying to distract attention from the real problems, the government ought to think about the reasons that lead to the resolution being passed,\u201d Musavat party leader Arif Hajili told the online Meydan TV. \u201cThe situation could be changed in part by releasing political prisoners and pursuing political and economic reforms.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The government simply could not afford to destroy its relationship with the EU, Hajili said, adding that \u201cAzerbaijan is not a country with the capacity to challenge the entire world\u201d.\n <\/p>\n

\n Azer Qasimli, a leading figure in the opposition movement REAL, argues that the government has already made its choice \u2013 to abandon previous efforts to build ties with the West, and instead turn back to Moscow.\n <\/p>\n

\n In an environment where members of the political elite controlled key economic monopolies, any progress towards European integration would require systemic reforms that would show this up.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat isn\u2019t acceptable to the Azerbaijani authorities. They have therefore opted for Russian patronage rather that become equal members of the club of democratic nations,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n Afgan Mukhtarli is an Azerbaijani journalist living abroad.
\n <\/b>\n <\/p>\n

\n
\n The article was originally published on the
\n
\n
\n IWPR website
\n <\/a>
\n .
\n
\n <\/b>
\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

European legislators demanded release of political prisoners, and a probe into allegations of high-level corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":34506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAzerbaijan's Euro-Exit - MEYDAN.TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Azerbaijan's Euro-Exit - MEYDAN.TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"European legislators demanded release of political prisoners, and a probe into allegations of high-level corruption.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MEYDAN.TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-29T08:15:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-29T08:38:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/12901.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"304\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"user-manager\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"user-manager\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10d11eccf6da3662cf5fdab9806ea91a\"},\"headline\":\"Azerbaijan’s Euro-Exit\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-29T08:15:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-29T08:38:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":521,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/12901.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Azerbaijan's Euro-Exit - MEYDAN.TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/12901.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-29T08:15:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-29T08:38:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/12901.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/12901.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":304},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/article\\\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/section\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Azerbaijan’s Euro-Exit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"MEYDAN.TV\",\"description\":\"Meydan TV Az\u0259rbaycan\u0131n media m\u0259kan\u0131ndak\u0131 alternativ s\u0259sidir\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Meydan TV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/meydan-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/meydan-logo.svg\",\"width\":195,\"height\":46,\"caption\":\"Meydan TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.meydan.tv\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10d11eccf6da3662cf5fdab9806ea91a\",\"name\":\"user-manager\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Azerbaijan's Euro-Exit - MEYDAN.TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Azerbaijan's Euro-Exit - MEYDAN.TV","og_description":"European legislators demanded release of political prisoners, and a probe into allegations of high-level corruption.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/","og_site_name":"MEYDAN.TV","article_published_time":"2015-09-29T08:15:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-29T08:38:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":304,"url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/12901.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"user-manager","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/"},"author":{"name":"user-manager","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10d11eccf6da3662cf5fdab9806ea91a"},"headline":"Azerbaijan’s Euro-Exit","datePublished":"2015-09-29T08:15:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-29T08:38:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/"},"wordCount":521,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/12901.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/","name":"Azerbaijan's Euro-Exit - MEYDAN.TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/12901.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-29T08:15:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-29T08:38:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/12901.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/12901.jpg","width":500,"height":304},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/azerbaijans-euro-exit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f","item":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/section\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Azerbaijan’s Euro-Exit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","name":"MEYDAN.TV","description":"Meydan TV Az\u0259rbaycan\u0131n media m\u0259kan\u0131ndak\u0131 alternativ s\u0259sidir","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#organization","name":"Meydan TV","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meydan-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meydan-logo.svg","width":195,"height":46,"caption":"Meydan TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/10d11eccf6da3662cf5fdab9806ea91a","name":"user-manager"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214710,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170168\/revisions\/214710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}