The European Stability Initiative (ESI) has issued the second part of its investigation into Azerbaijan’s “caviar diplomacy.”

Contact.az news agency of Azerbaijan informed about the aforesaid citing the Facebook commentary by Democracy for Azerbaijan (AND) organization co-chair, Arif Mammadov.

“This section of the report exposes the flagrant facts of the corruption schemes organized by the Azerbaijani authorities, [and] in which dozens of senior European politicians are involved,” wrote Arif Mammadov. “PACE [i.e. the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] People’s Party Group Chairman, Italian parliamentarian Luca Volontè, whose active involvement in corruption mechanisms has been proved by the prosecutor’s office of Italy, agreed to collaborate with Italian investigative bodies. He gave the names of numerous European politicians who received money from Azerbaijan; the [respective] tracks lead all the way to incumbent PACE President Pedro Agramunt.

“Volontè himself received around 3 million euros from Azerbaijan, for dirty lobbying services; he transferred a part of these means to other MPs.

“In all likelihood, the names of some Azerbaijani MPs that are mentioned in the report, [and] whose photos you can see in the report, can be transmitted to Interpol.

“Our AND organization actively collaborates with ESI.

“The investigation continues. So, wait for the next commotion.”