BAKU, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan's parliament voted on Friday to suspend all cooperation with the European Parliament, in what Baku described as a response to "anti-Azerbaijani activities" by the bloc's legislature.
The parliament, known as Milli Majlis, passed a resolution halting cooperation across all tracks with the European Parliament and ending its participation in the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.
At the opening of the spring session, Milli Majlis Speaker Sahiba Gafarova announced that the chamber would take responsive measures over what she called anti-Azerbaijani activities by the European Parliament.
The legislature simultaneously initiated withdrawal procedures from the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly, a regional inter-parliamentary forum with the European Parliament and parliaments of several other countries.
Earlier, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry summoned EU Ambassador Marijana Kujundzic and protested over a European Parliament resolution adopted on Thursday, which Baku said contained unsubstantiated and biased provisions against the country. ■
