Aliyev accuses the Council of Europe of differentiated treatment to  Armenia and Azerbaijan

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accuses the Council of Europe of double standards, differentiated treatment to Armenia and Azerbaijan and threatens to  leave its ranks.

European Union, Aliyev said that public opinion in Azerbaijan  regarding the Council of Europe is not so positive. "First, when we  joined this organization, our expectations were related to the fact  that it will help us in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict. However, the Council of Europe did not succeed in this  matter, this case did not work, and it will not work. Secondly, at  the beginning of our membership I was the first head of our  delegation. At that time, I was a member of the Azerbaijani  parliament and in 2001-2003 I directed the delegation of Azerbaijan  in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.  That is, I  know what this organization is and how it relates to Azerbaijan. The  attitude was extremely negative. We joined this organization one day  with Armenia and even then saw an extremely negative attitude towards  Azerbaijan with a positive attitude towards Armenia. Armenia, where  elections are constantly falsified, kill politicians in the  parliament, where terrorism can be said to have been adopted at the  level of official policy, which occupied the territory of another  state and caused suffering to millions of people as a result of war  crimes, was always cared for by lobby groups in PACE, Azerbaijan was  constantly attacked, "Aliyev protested. At the same time, he added  that recently some official representatives of the Council of Europe  organized new attacks on Azerbaijan: "They threaten us with the  deprivation of membership and the application of sanctions against  us. Naturally, our politicians, parliamentarians, journalists and  citizens demonstrate an adequate response. First, let them ensure the  implementation of more than 10 thousand decisions taken by the  European Court of Human Rights in connection with the member  countries. Only after that they can talk about the expulsion of  Azerbaijan from members or sanctions. If this happens, then this fact  will become the triumph of double standards. While more than 10  thousand decisions of the European Court are not executed for various  reasons, Azerbaijan executes these decisions, if necessary, pays  compensation, on the whole behaves very constructively. Therefore,  targeted attacks on Azerbaijan cause disappointment, contribute to  such thoughts as "why do we need such an organization". For 16 years  now we have been members of the Council of Europe. I will tell you  frankly, it is friendly that if Azerbaijan leaves the Council of  Europe, no one will give it any significance. Nothing in our lives  will change, we will not live better, worse, richer or poorer. Human  rights and democracy will continue to be at the center of our  attention. We do this not to please the Secretary General of the  Council of Europe, unjustifiably attacking Azerbaijan. We are doing  this for the purpose of developing our country, "the head of  Azerbaijan concluded.