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  • BAKU: French President's Visit To Support Settlement Of Nagorno-Kara

    FRENCH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO SUPPORT SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

    Trend, Azerbaijan
    April 4 2014

    Baku, Azerbaijan, April 4

    By Ilhama Isabalayeva -Trend:

    French President Francois Hollande's visit to Azerbaijan is of great
    political importance, French ambassador to Azerbaijan Pascal Monnier
    told the media on April 4.

    "The French president will visit Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia,"
    he said.

    "The main purpose of the visit is to support the settlement of the
    Armenian -Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully," he said.

    "I think that the conflict settlement will create more opportunities
    for both parties. This is a sovereign region, which may shape its
    future. We support peace and friendship between the countries of
    the region."

    President Hollande will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan this
    year at the invitation of the Azerbaijani counterpart. There is no
    information about the exact date of the visit.

    The French president confirmed his intention to visit Azerbaijan at
    a meeting with Azerbaijani ambassador to France Elchin Amirbayov.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

    Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent 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 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.

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