Leyla Abdullayeva, head of the Foreign Ministry's press service, commented on the visit of a four-member delegation of the radical right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) to the occupied territories of the Bundestag and Brandenburg.
"We would like to note that these deputies, who have a very negative image in Germany, are members of a group in the AfD party that promotes in favor of Armenia. Andreas Kalbits was expelled from the party for his neo-Nazi past at a meeting of the AfD party's board on May 15, 2020, citing his membership in the neo-Nazi Republican Party.
Bundestag member Stefan Koyter is also known for his enthusiastic use of Nazi and anti-Semitic slogans.
The names of the above-mentioned deputies were included in the list of "undesirable persons" of the Republic of Azerbaijan for illegal visits to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan in 2019. The names of AfD politicians are often used to make illegal visits not only to the occupied regions of Azerbaijan, but also to the conflict zones in the post-Soviet space as a whole.
It should be noted that the responses to the letters of protest sent to the Presidents of the Bundestag and the Landtag of Brandenburg in connection with the illegal visit of the quartet in May last year, stressed that the visit was not agreed with these bodies, did not take place with the permission of any committee. At the same time, it should be noted that the AfD faction of the Bundestag has a common position on the settlement of conflicts on the basis of norms and principles of international law.
The Foreign Ministry official said that the embassy of our country in Germany will send a note to the Foreign Ministry of Germany, letters of protest to the Bundestag and Brandenburg Landtags in connection with the illegal visit:
"This fact once again shows that Armenia's historically existing cooperation with people with extremist and neo-Nazi views continues today.
Thus, the cooperation of Armenia with the radical right-wing, negative AfD party, which heroizes fascism in the person of Garegin Njde, once again clearly demonstrates that the country pursues a policy of heroism of fascism at the state level and uses it to promote the illegal regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. ”.
It should be noted that on October 18 this year, a four-member delegation of the Radical Right Alternative (AfD) for Germany, consisting of representatives of the Bundestag and Landtag factions of the federal state of Brandenburg, Steffen Kotré, Stefan Keuter, Andreas Galau (Andreas Galau). ), Andreas Kalbits (Andreas Kalbitz) visited our occupied lands.
