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April 8 2013
Ambassador: France recognises Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial
integrity
Azerbaijan, Baku, April 8 / Trend M. Aliyev /
France recognises Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial integrity
and does not recognise Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state. It
identifies it as part of Azerbaijan, the French Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Pascal Monnier told media today.
He was expressing his attitude to the information on the establishment
of a friendship group with the illegal "Nagorno-Karabakh parliament"
at the French Parliament.
"This is not an official friendship group, but a personal initiative
of several MPs," he said. "These individuals have taken this action
themselves."
The ambassador stressed that such an organisation does not officially exist.
"France respects freedom of speech," he said. "Everyone has the right
to freely express thoughts. Despite that, I am familiar with those who
have put forward the proposal about the friendship group and respect
them, but this does not mean that they represent France's official
position. This is wrong."
Azerbaijan and France have a broad, active friendship group, he said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
April 8 2013
Ambassador: France recognises Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial
integrity
Azerbaijan, Baku, April 8 / Trend M. Aliyev /
France recognises Azerbaijan's sovereignty and territorial integrity
and does not recognise Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state. It
identifies it as part of Azerbaijan, the French Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Pascal Monnier told media today.
He was expressing his attitude to the information on the establishment
of a friendship group with the illegal "Nagorno-Karabakh parliament"
at the French Parliament.
"This is not an official friendship group, but a personal initiative
of several MPs," he said. "These individuals have taken this action
themselves."
The ambassador stressed that such an organisation does not officially exist.
"France respects freedom of speech," he said. "Everyone has the right
to freely express thoughts. Despite that, I am familiar with those who
have put forward the proposal about the friendship group and respect
them, but this does not mean that they represent France's official
position. This is wrong."
Azerbaijan and France have a broad, active friendship group, he said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.