Baku: Azerbaijan Sends Note To French Foreign Ministry

AZERBAIJAN SENDS NOTE TO FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY

Trend
May 24 2012
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has included three French MPs, who have
recently visited Nagorno-Karabakh without permission of the country’s
relevant structures, to the “black list”, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Elman Abdullayev told journalists on Thursday.

“In this regard, Azerbaijani Embassy in France sent a note to the
country’s Foreign Ministry,” Abdullayev said.

He said such visits do not serve to the conflict resolution, on the
contrary, complicates this process.

“Azerbaijani Embassy in France also sent a letter of protest to the
French Foreign Ministry, which indicates inexpediency of such visits,”
Abdullayev said.

He said France is co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, and therefore,
such steps are unacceptable.

“The French MPs again became victims of the Armenian lobby,” he added.

Abdullayev said in response to the note and letter of protest addressed
to the French Senate’s chairman, Azerbaijani side was told that the
visit was private.

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 the 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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress