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Dutch Parliament calls on government not to visit EURO 2020 quarter finals in Baku, Azerbaijan

13:10, Thursday, 24 June, 2021
Dutch Parliament calls on government not to visit EURO 2020 quarter finals in Baku, Azerbaijan

The Parliament of the Netherlands has adopted a motion with the overwhelming majority of votes which calls on the government not to visit EURO 2020 quarter finals in Baku․
     ''FAON thanks Parliament for calling up the government not to visit EURO2020 quarter finals in Baku Azerbaijan, if team qualifies, by voting for motion by Tom van der Lee & Gert-Jan Segers in Tweede Kamer referring to Trophy Park & Armenian POWs in Baku.
     Here is the machine translation of the text of the motion:
     "Noting that in violation of the cease-fire agreement and international law of war after the 40-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh at the end of 2020, more than 200 Armenian prisoners of war are still being held in Azerbaijan, among other places also in Baku, and that there is also a "Trophy park" in Baku with, among other things, the helmets of fallen Armenians;
     In view of the political-military situation in Azerbaijan, requests the government not to send a governmental delegation to Baku if the Dutch national team comes to play there''.

Dutch Parliament calls on government not to visit EURO 2020 quarter finals in Baku, Azerbaijan
Dutch Parliament calls on government not to visit EURO 2020 quarter finals in Baku, Azerbaijan
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