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French Senator exposes politician in hypocrisy

Politics Materials 29 October 2015 19:59 (UTC +04:00)
French Senator Nathalie Goulet exposed French politician Bruno Le Roux’s hypocrisy.
French Senator exposes politician in hypocrisy

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 29

By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:

French Senator Nathalie Goulet exposed French politician Bruno Le Roux's hypocrisy.
Bruno Le Roux accused a French delegation of illegally visiting Crimea, while previously he illegally visited separatist Nagorno-Karabakh.

Goulet commented on an article in Le Monde by the chairman of the faction of the Socialist Party in the French National Assembly Le Roux. He criticized former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Moscow, and in particular the fact that Sarkozy appreciated the visit of the French delegation to Ukraine's separatist region - Ukraine.

"Bruno Le Roux, you have no shame," Goulet tweeted. "You visit Karabakh by violating the official position of France, and then criticize the National Assembly (Nicolas Sarkozy) for his visit to Russia."

In early September, Bruno Le Roux illegally visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, in particular Khankendi.

The Azerbaijani embassy in France immediately sent a protest note to the foreign ministry and a letter condemning the visit. A letter was also sent to the Chairman of the National Assembly of France Claude Bartolone and the first secretary of the ruling Socialist Party of France Jean-Christophe Cambadelis.

"Baku considers the visit of Le Roux as an unfriendly act towards Azerbaijan and as a step, causing serious damage to the image of France as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk Group and an impartial mediator in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict," the letter said. "This shows the notorious policy of double standards, actively practiced by some French politicians."

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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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