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    MPS' TRIP MAKES 'NO DIFFERENCE' TO FRANCE'S KARABAKH POLICY

    news.az
    Aug 23, 2011
    Azerbaijan

    The visit of a group of French MPs to the breakaway region of
    Karabakh in no way changes official policy towards the territory,
    Paris has said.

    Asked to comment on the visit, French Foreign Ministry spokesman
    Bernard Valero told a regular press briefing on Tuesday that French
    policy on Karabakh remained unchanged.

    "The parliamentarians were duly warned about our position on the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This trip makes no difference or changes
    to France's policy on this conflict," Valero said.

    "France, like all the countries of the international community,
    including Armenia itself, does not recognize the independence of
    this territory.

    "Its international juridical status can be defined only in the
    framework of a peaceful, fair solution agreed among all the parties
    concerned. France co-chairs the OSCE Minsk Group, alongside the
    United States and Russia, and has been charged in this capacity with
    contributing to the search for a compromise based on the principles of
    the Helsinki Final Act and the proposals put forward by the French,
    American and Russian presidents several times, notably at the G8
    summits in L'Aquila in 2009 and Muskoka in 2010."

    The visit by five members of the French National Assembly, who did
    not first seek permission from Baku, prompted the Azerbaijani embassy
    in Paris to issue a note of protest.

    The French Foreign Ministry responded that the Karabakh visit was
    not an official one made through the French National Assembly, but
    a private initiative by Guy Teissier, chairman of the parliamentary
    commission for defence and the armed forces.

    Visits to the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh are technically
    illegal without permission from Baku. In practice, many people visit
    the breakaway territory.

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