ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met with the French delegation, which included mayors of French cities and parliamentarians. The official representative of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anna Naghdalyan announced this on October 14 during a briefing in Yerevan. As the representative of the Armenian Foreign Ministry said, Mnatsakanyan, welcoming the guests, praised their contribution to the development and deepening of the Armenian-French exclusive relations.
"Domestic political processes in Armenia, foreign policy priorities were touched. The parties also touched on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Naghdalyan emphasized.
Answering the question whether the question of canceling declarations of friendship between the French cities and the cities of Artsakh was raised at this meeting, the representative of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in particular, said: "The question you raised was also raised, since it is among those that one way or another concerns the pan-Armenian agenda, and strengthening relations between the peoples of Armenia and France is an integral part of our agenda, "Naghdalyan said. She added that the fundamental position of Armenia is that the provision of fundamental human rights should not be determined by the place of residence, and this position is presented to all partners of the Republic of Armenia.
As previously reported, under pressure from Azerbaijan, in France, by decision of the administrative courts, more than one dozen declarations of friendship between French and Karabakh cities were canceled.