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French senator condemns his colleagues’ illegal visits to Karabakh

Politics Materials 13 March 2017 17:45 (UTC +04:00)
The Azerbaijani parliament (Milli Majlis) hosted a meeting on Mar. 13 between the delegation led by Chairman of France-Caucasus Friendship Group in the Senate of the French Republic André Reichardt and members of the working group on the Azerbaijan-France interparliamentary ties.
French senator condemns his colleagues’ illegal visits to Karabakh

Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 13

By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:

The Azerbaijani parliament (Milli Majlis) hosted a meeting on Mar. 13 between the delegation led by Chairman of France-Caucasus Friendship Group in the Senate of the French Republic André Reichardt and members of the working group on the Azerbaijan-France interparliamentary ties.

Addressing the event, Javanshir Feyziyev, one of the working group’s members, said that the relations between Azerbaijan and France are at a high level and continue to develop.

André Reichardt, for his part, noted that their visit’s aim is to obtain extensive information about the Azerbaijani-French relations and the process of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The senator also noted that the parliamentary diplomacy can positively affect the settlement of the conflict and spoke about the importance of expanding contacts.

Reichardt said that as part of the visit, they visited the line of contact between the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops and asked about the living conditions of people in the adjacent territories.

The French senator noted that getting acquainted with the situation in the contact line, they once again became convinced that the conflict must be resolved as soon as possible.

Noting that he condemns the illegal visits of some French senators to Nagorno-Karabakh, Reichardt said that everyone should respect the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

The French senator also noted that this visit will contribute to the development of the two countries’ relations in various spheres.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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