FRANCE TO HELP RESOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Vestnik Kavkaza
Nov 13 2012
Russia
French President Francois Hollande has met Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan and said that the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process was entering
the final phase. Hollande said that the talks should be concluded
basing on the Madrid principles. He added that it was part of France’s
responsibility within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group.
The French leader noted that effort had been put in improving
diplomatic relations in the last 20 years.
Sargsyan thanked Hollande for the invitation to France and invited him
to Armenia. He expressed hope for more involvement of France in the
economic life of Armenia and increase of trade turnover. The French
president accepted the invitation.
Hollande added that France will pass the bill on criminalization of
Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The bill was initiated
by President Nicolas Sarkozy, but failed to pass the Constitutional
Council. Sarkozy and Hollande both promised to pass the bill during
their electoral campaign in 2012.
Sargsyan will also meet French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault,
President of the National Assembly Claude Bartolone and President of
the Senate Jean-Pierre Bel.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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