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BAKU WELCOMES PARIS' COMMENTS ON MPS' KARABAKH VISIT
news.az
Aug 24, 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has welcomed a French statement that
an MPs' visit to breakaway Karabakh does not change Paris' position
on the region.
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told a news conference
in Paris on 23 August that the visit by five members of the French
National Assembly "makes no difference or changes to France's policy
on this conflict".
The first secretary at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's press
service, Elman Abdullayev, welcomed the comments.
He told Gun.Az that it was frustrating that French deputies followed
representatives of the Armenian lobby in France in pursuit of their
mercantile interests.
"It's a great pity that the French representatives took illegal actions
by visiting the occupied lands of Azerbaijan without Baku's consent,"
Abdullayev said.
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.
The delegation, led by Guy Teissier, consisted of Valerie Boyer,
Georges Colombier and Jacques Remiller.
Visits to the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh are technically
illegal without permission from Baku. In practice, many people visit
the breakaway territory.
news.az
Aug 24, 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has welcomed a French statement that
an MPs' visit to breakaway Karabakh does not change Paris' position
on the region.
French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told a news conference
in Paris on 23 August that the visit by five members of the French
National Assembly "makes no difference or changes to France's policy
on this conflict".
The first secretary at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's press
service, Elman Abdullayev, welcomed the comments.
He told Gun.Az that it was frustrating that French deputies followed
representatives of the Armenian lobby in France in pursuit of their
mercantile interests.
"It's a great pity that the French representatives took illegal actions
by visiting the occupied lands of Azerbaijan without Baku's consent,"
Abdullayev said.
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.
The delegation, led by Guy Teissier, consisted of Valerie Boyer,
Georges Colombier and Jacques Remiller.
Visits to the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh are technically
illegal without permission from Baku. In practice, many people visit
the breakaway territory.