” ▁▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁ES IS C ▁published ▁the ▁report ▁“ The ▁Armen ian ▁Connection ,” ▁which ▁le ve led ▁severe ▁accus ations ▁against ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁N GO s ▁special izing ▁in ▁human ▁rights ▁protection ▁or ▁research ing ▁human ▁rights ▁ab uses ▁and ▁cor ruption ▁in ▁A zer ba ij an , ▁Turkey ▁and ▁Russia . ▁ES IS C ▁claimed ▁that ▁these ▁organis ations ▁aim ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁P ACE ▁deput ies , ▁who ▁will ▁particip ate ▁in ▁a ▁political ▁war ▁against ▁A zer ba ij an . ▁This ▁network ▁included ▁the ▁then ▁member ▁of ▁P ACE ▁Christoph ▁Str äs ser ▁( G erm any ), ▁Frank ▁Schw abe ▁( G erm any ), ▁Pi eter ▁O mt z igt ▁( N ether lands ), ▁René ▁Rou quet ▁( France ), ▁François ▁Ro ch eb lo ine ▁( France ) ▁and ▁others . ▁The ▁report ▁stated ▁that ▁Str äs ser ▁and ▁Schw abe ▁were , ▁within ▁the ▁SP D , ▁the ▁main ▁actors ▁of ▁a ▁campaign ▁prom oting ▁the ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁Armen ian ▁gen o cide , ▁and ▁Pi eter ▁O mt z igt ▁had ▁close ▁connections ▁with ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁lo bb y ▁in ▁Netherlands . ▁René ▁Rou quet ▁was ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁French - Ar men ian ▁friendship ▁social ist ▁parliament ary ▁group ; ▁François ▁Ro ch eb lo ine ▁pres ided ▁the ▁“ France - Kar ab akh ” ▁Circle ,