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"Mr President, will Azerbaijan follow in the footsteps of Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan? If only it could! The situation in this country is worrying. Not long ago a leader of the democratic opposition died in mysterious circumstances, following the death of another opposition leader earlier this year. At the same time, however, even tragedies of this kind and other forms of persecution, such as the arrest of 29 opposition activists in mid-May, do not alter the course of history and cannot reverse its tide. The 70 000-strong crowd of demonstrators last Saturday in Baku was well aware of this fact.
The fight for democracy in Azerbaijan is also a fight for stability, of which there is an urgent need in the country. To put it bluntly, Azerbaijan is a major centre of Caspian Sea oil production, particularly since the opening of the USD 4 billion pipeline between Baku, Tbilisi and Ceyhan in Turkey, which will reduce Western dependence on Middle Eastern oil. The pipeline’s target capacity is one million barrels of oil per day.
Five days ago, following the recent demonstration, the leader of the opposition party Musavat said that Azerbaijan deserved democracy and was out to get it. He was speaking the truth, and the European Parliament should help ensure that this is what happens."@en1
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