European Free Alliance within the European Parliament cooperates with the deputies of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

The Latvian member of the European Parliament (MEP) Tatjana Ždanoka, who is also a member of the Greens/ European Free Alliance, told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am.  

“It is always hard for regionalists and supporters of ethnic minorities to win votes. For instance, in Latvia part of the voters is deprived of voting rights (Russian-speaking population, among whom there are many supporters of Latvian-Russian Union).

As to the Karabakh issue, personally I have a little different position on that unlike some of my colleagues, not least because I am included in the Greens faction,” Ždanoka noted.

Greens/ European Free Alliance has a significant autonomy, and in a number of cases it comes up with its own position, she added.

Specifically, the Alliance invited the representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh to its recent conferences, including the one held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in 2014. Even the issue of the potential membership of Karabakh deputies is considered, she added.

“Anyway, we support inter-party relations with them,” the Latvian MEP noted.  

Ždanoka, who is a Co-Chairman of the Latvian-Russian Union, has been involved in the protection of the Russian-speaking population of Latvia for many years.