Azerbaijan Protests France

Baku / 09/12/19 / Turan: The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry condemned the trip of a group of French parliamentarians to Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by the Armenian armed forces. In this regard, the Chargé d'Affaires of France in Azerbaijan was called to the Foreign Ministry of the country and presented a note of protest addressed to the French side.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the note draws particular attention to the fact that the implementation of such illegal trips seriously undermines the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, including France, aimed at resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through negotiations. In addition, it is detrimental to the authority of France as an intermediary in this process.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on the French government "to take decisive measures to stop the illegal trips of the parliamentarians of this country to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan," and thereby confirm the consistency of its impartial approach as a mediator in the settlement.

At the same time, the statement emphasizes that the visit was carried out by MPs "biased and influenced by the Armenian lobby of France", including in particular Guy Teissier, whose name, due to his previous illegal visits, is already on the list of persons who are undesirable for entering Azerbaijan.

The names of other participants in the illegal trip that joined him - MPs Valerie Boyer, Jean-Pierre Cubertafon, Mohammad Laqhila, Daniele Cazarian, Guillaume Kasbarian, and Pierre Ouzoulias - will also be on the list.

The French parliamentarians arrived in the occupied territories on September 10 and held meetings with representatives of the illegal regime there. -06D--