KARABAKH HAS RIGHT “TO BECOME KOSOVO” – FRENCH MPS
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Aug 23, 2011
Armenia
STEPANAKERT.- The Karabakh people have the right to declare
independence and be recognized by the international community, just
as Kosovo, say French MPs.
The delegation headed by Guy Teissier, chairman of the French
National Assembly’s committee on national defense, met on Monday with
Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentarians, RFE/RL reported.
“Why would we keep silent and not say that people very deeply rooted
in this land have the right to live here?” said Teissier.
French MP stressed that visiting Armenia is a gesture of friendship,
whereas coming to Karabakh is a gesture of solidarity.
In his turn MP Jacques Remiller noted he personally visited Karabakh
to express his sympathy towards the Karabakh people and declare that
“people of Nagorno-Karabakh have the right to declare independence
and be recognized by the international community, just as Kosovo.”
French MPs also plan to meet with President of Nagorno-Karabakh
Bako Sahakyan.
Inter-parliamentary contacts between France and Nagorno-Karabakh
have become a tradition. Parliamentary delegation led by MP Francois
Rochebloine visited Nagorno-Karabakh several times over the recent
years and even appeared in the “black list” of Azerbaijan.
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