ArmInfo. The court of the French city of Lyon canceled the friendship agreements between the French cities of Decines-Charpieu, Saint-Etienne and the Karabakh Shushi and Martuni districts, signed on September 25, 2017 and October 21, 2018.
According to the justification of the court, these agreements contradict Article 73 of the French Constitution, which regulates the code of territorial units of the country and other laws of France. To note, the French courts have already canceled 9 such agreements signed between the cities of France and the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh. The agreements were canceled due to the efforts of Azerbaijan.
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