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    `We were happy to see a people, who are very courageous and devoted to
    democratic values'

    http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=7400
    12:21 . 28/05


    After French Senators Sophie Joissains, Phillippe Marini and Bernard
    Fournier visited Stepanakert, before they would reach Yerevan, their
    future way to Baku in any case was already closed.


    Azerbaijan's decision to declare the Senators persona no grata was not
    a surprise for them and didn't worry them much. They say they have
    responded to the invitation of NKR's authorities and taking into
    consideration the fact that France is one of OSCE MG co-chairing
    countries, they decided to see with their own eyes what is going
    there.

    `As we know the territory is not closed and many other parliamentary
    delegations have visited there before us and we think that the French
    Senate can also be its part and see personally what is going there,'
    this is the answer of the French Senator in a briefing in Yerevan.

    Before that in Artsakh they had meetings with NKR's leadership and
    representatives of the civil society. And they have powerful
    impressions.

    `We were happy to see a people in that country, who are very
    courageous and devoted to democratic values and who work despite the
    difficult conditions. The Armenian population has been living in that
    territory for centuries and the people of that country will do their
    best for the country to live in peace, be as much harmonious as before
    that,' this is Senator Joissains's opinion.

    The RA president has also highly praised the Senators' visit to
    Artsakh during their reception in the presidential seat. He expressed
    confidence that unbiased and comprehensive understanding of the issue
    is a key prerequisite for the resolution of the NK conflict.

    Serzh Sargsyan underscored that numerous visits on the parliamentary
    level promote the understanding on behalf of the international
    community that the people of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, just
    like other nations in the world, have the right to master their own
    destiny, to live free and secure on their own land.

    The Senators noted that their visit to Artsakh was pretty useful and
    now they know in detail the history of the NK conflict and hail
    Armenia's constructive position at the peace negotiations.

    In Yerevan the Senators first visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to the
    Armenian Genocide victims, paid a tribute to their memory. The
    Senators are sure that the bill criminalizing the denial of the
    genocide will be adopted in France. The French newly elected president
    Francois Hollande will pursue its adoption.

    Their impressions will later turn into political speeches in the
    French parliament.

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