Three members of the European Parliament have called for sanctions against Azerbaijani officials responsible for the country's human rights situation.
Amnesty International accused the EU of putting gas contracts above human rights.
The sanctions were announced on 9 May, the day Russia and other former Soviet states commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.
According to official readouts of meetings held, the EU’s energy cooperation with Azerbaijan was one of the biggest topics on the agenda.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Baku is the first time a German president has been to the country.
The spat appears to have originated from a now deleted Instagram post from the German president containing the Nagorno-Karabakh flag.
