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"Madam President, Mr Hannan, we cannot sacrifice our morals because we have a strong interest in energy security. I voted in favour of the Poręba report because I am in favour of association agreements in principle.
I have reservations, however, particularly in respect of the expectation on Armenia to unilaterally withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh. The result of this would be to leave the Armenian majority population there unprotected. All this is against the backdrop of the historical debt that Europe actually has to bear. In 1915, Europe looked on as the first organised genocide was carried out by a state against a people, specifically the Armenian people. Given this backdrop, the principle of self-determination – the fundamental right of self-determination – must be weighed higher than Azerbaijan’s interest in territorial integrity. I am therefore in favour of us handling this issue considerably more sensitively and considerably more strongly, acknowledging Europe’s debt to the Armenian people, who were left high and dry by the whole of Europe in 1915. I therefore call on this House not to expect the unexpectable of the Armenians."@en1
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