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French lawmakers outraged at Azerbaijan's black list
August 11, 2013 | 08:44
French lawmakers expressed deep concern over a `black list' recently
published by Azerbaijani government, Nouvelles d`Arménie writes.
Last week the Azerbaijani MFA issued the list of those individuals
that are declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan for visiting
Nagorno-Karabakh. The 335-member list includes 22 French, among them
are MPs, members of the European Parliament and observers.
Representative of friendship group between France and Nagorno-Karabakh
Francois Rochbloine labeled the move as `dangerous and unprecedented
manoeuvre contradicting the principles of OSCE.'
In an interview with French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche,
Rochebloine said no one was interested in Azerbaijan in the past.
`Today, some lawmakers are going there to give it a different image.
Azerbaijan is trying to present itself as a virgin place, but this is
only a smokescreen. This is a criminal state,'he said.
MP Valerie Boyer shares his opinion, noting that the new image of
Azerbaijan is created by means of petrodollars.
Members of the friendship group urge French government and Foreign
Minister Laurent Fabius to interfere and call on his Azerbaijani
counterpart to delete the list and convey formal apology.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
August 11, 2013 | 08:44
French lawmakers expressed deep concern over a `black list' recently
published by Azerbaijani government, Nouvelles d`Arménie writes.
Last week the Azerbaijani MFA issued the list of those individuals
that are declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan for visiting
Nagorno-Karabakh. The 335-member list includes 22 French, among them
are MPs, members of the European Parliament and observers.
Representative of friendship group between France and Nagorno-Karabakh
Francois Rochbloine labeled the move as `dangerous and unprecedented
manoeuvre contradicting the principles of OSCE.'
In an interview with French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche,
Rochebloine said no one was interested in Azerbaijan in the past.
`Today, some lawmakers are going there to give it a different image.
Azerbaijan is trying to present itself as a virgin place, but this is
only a smokescreen. This is a criminal state,'he said.
MP Valerie Boyer shares his opinion, noting that the new image of
Azerbaijan is created by means of petrodollars.
Members of the friendship group urge French government and Foreign
Minister Laurent Fabius to interfere and call on his Azerbaijani
counterpart to delete the list and convey formal apology.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am