ArmInfo.Armenia expressed opinion in respect to Azerbaijani- Latvian joint declaration on strategic partnership.
Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov in his conversation with the correspondent of ArmInfo expressed his bewilderment at the signing of declaration of such content. "I, as head of Armenian-Latvian interparliamentary friendship group, express my bewilderment to European partners on signing of a joint declaration on strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Latvia, since the European Union, first of all, is the guarantor of ensuring human rights and fundamental freedoms. And if you adhere to these values and at the same time you sign a strategic declaration with an authoritarian country that is far from protecting human rights, then you automatically question your own image, " vice- speaker is convinced.
At the same time, Sharmazanov expressed dissatisfaction with the assessments voiced during the meeting of the heads of Azerbaijan and Latvia. He recalled that Latvia is a member of European Union and, at least in its official statements, must adhere to the official position of EU. The deputy chairman of the parliament expressed bewilderment by the fact that in the declaration on Nagorno-Karabakh there is not a word about peoples' right to self-determination. "This circumstance causes, at least, bewilderment," Sharmazanov said.