11 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2021/2230(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is committed to promoting a South Caucasus region that is secure, stable, peaceful and prosperous and is ready to play an active role as reliable trade partner and honest broker in mediating a sustainable peace settlement;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Union supports peaceful conflict resolution of any unresolved regional conflicts via diplomatic means;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas, following the quadrilateral meeting between President Aliyev, Prime Minister Pashinyan, President Macron and President Michel on 6 October 2022 in Prague, the EU has deployed a temporary monitoring mission along the Armenian side of the international border with Azerbaijan with the objective of monitoring, analysing and reporting on the situation in the region;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a sustainable normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan requires that all violence cease and that all the root causes of conflict be addressed; whereas such a goal can only be achieved when the authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan can guarantee peaceful coexistence and the respect of minority rights;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the armed conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan have had a catastrophic impact on the cultural, religious and historical heritage of the whole region;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to fully implement the tripartite ceasefire agreement of 9 November 2020 and to urgentlyrefrain from any steps that could lead to further escalations; implement measures to prepare their respective populations for peaceful coexistence, including those enhancing people-to-people contact; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to avoid using inflammatory rhetoric which threatens to undermine the peace process;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the EU’s passive stance during and immediately after the 2020 war gave other regional actors, such as Russia and Turkey, the opportunity to gain influence in the region; reminds that more active European preventive diplomacy could have prevented such outcome; strongly supports, therefore, the initiative taken by the President of the European Council Charles Michel to convene and mediate bilateral meetings of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels and encourages the work on the ground of the EU’s special representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia; urges the governments of both countries to fully engage in the drafting of a peace treaty and welcomes in this regard the meetings of the foreign affairs ministers of both countries on 30 September in Geneva and on 8 November in Washington D.C.;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the initial discussions on the process of border delimitation; welcomes the agreement to deploy a civilian EU missioWelcomes the establishment of the Azerbaijan - Armenia border delimitation commission and takes note of the progress made on the process of border delimitation; welcomes the agreement to deploy a civilian EU monitoring mission with up to 40 EU monitoring experts along the Armenian side of the international border with Azerbaijan to build trust and contribute to the border commissions;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the humanitarian aidssistance provided by the EU for the conflict- affected population in and around Nagorno-Karabakh and its leading role in assistance for humanitarian demining in the areas affected by the conflict; calls on the European Commission to increase EU assistance to the people in need, including in Nagorno- Karabakhensure additional funding and assistance on demining efforts, including equipment, training and risk education; calls for additional demining cooperation with experts from EU Member States and non- governmental organisations; calls on the Commission to increase EU assistance to people in need, facilitate the implementation of more ambitious confidence-building measures, promote interreligious and interethnic dialogue, protect minority rights and enhance people-to-people contacts between citizens oin both sides of the borderorder to provide the foundations for a sustainable and peaceful coexistence;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Continues to be concerned about the fate of Armenian prisoners, both military and civilian, detained during and after the conflict and still held by Azerbaijan and welcomes the release of some of them; demandsreminds that both Armenia and Azerbaijan are parties to the Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which stipulates that prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated and must be released and repatriated without delay after the cessation of active hostilities; calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all the remaining detainees, including those captured during the recent military confrontations, and that theyfor them to be treated in accordance with international humanitarian law;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly insists that Azerbaijan and Armenia refrain from destroying cultural, religious or historical heritage; calls for the restoration of damaged sites in accordance with UNESCO standards and indicationsDenounces the destruction of Armenian and Azerbaijani cultural, religious and historical heritage since the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; strongly insists that Azerbaijan and Armenia refrain from further destruction and neglect of such heritage in the region; calls for the restoration of damaged sites in accordance with UNESCO standards and indications as well as for a greater involvement of the international community in protecting world heritage in the region; calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to quickly allow a UNESCO mission to visit both countries without preconditions;