VP/HR — Nagorno-Karabakh

29.1.2018

Question for written answer E-000464-18
to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative)
Rule 130
Anders Primdahl Vistisen (ECR)

On 27 February 2012, the Council of the European Union adopted the following conclusion: ‘[…] the EU underlines the need for unconditional access for representatives of the EU to Nagorno-Karabakh […]’[1]. However, none of the EU Special Representatives (EUSRs) for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia has paid a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Against this background:

• 1.Why have no EUSRs for the South Caucasus or any other EU officials visited Nagorno-Karabakh as of yet?
• 2.How has the VP/HR taken into consideration the voice of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh as a necessary step towards implementing peace?
• 3.What is the VP/HR’s assessment of the efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group to achieve progress in trilateral talks?

Supporters[2]

• [1] http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/128197.pdf
• [2] This question is supported by Members other than the author: Marek Jurek (ECR), Maria Spyraki (PPE), Stelios Kouloglou (GUE/NGL), Sofia Sakorafa (GUE/NGL), Lars Adaktusson (PPE), Eleni Theocharous (ECR), Tatjana Ždanoka (Verts/ALE), Demetris Papadakis (S&D), Neoklis Sylikiotis (GUE/NGL), Angel Dzhambazki (ECR), Costas Mavrides (S&D), Jaromír Kohlíček (GUE/NGL), Miltiadis Kyrkos (S&D), Jordi Solé (Verts/ALE), Bart Staes (Verts/ALE).