Nalbandian, Ayrault discuss Karabakh peace process, Armenian-French ties

The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and France Edward Nalbandian and Jean-Marc Ayrault had a meeting in Paris today.

The parties discussed a number of issues on the agenda of privileged Armenian-French relations and the steps towards expansion of cooperation in different fields. Reference was made to the active inter-parliamntary contacts, decentralised cooperation, as well as the process of implementation of the agreements on further expansion of economic relations reached between the leaders of the two counties.

The Karabakh peace process was high on the agenda of the meeting. Edward Nalbandian underlined that “for months Azerbaijan has been refusing to implement the agreements reached at the Vienna and St. Petersburg summits and deliberately aggravating the situation, thus preventing the creation of conditions necessary for furthering the negotiation process.”

The parties attached importance to the full implementation of the agreements reached in Vienna and St. Petersburg.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS