ArmInfo. Official Yerevan welcomes the adoption by the French National Assembly of the resolution on the need to recognize the Republic of Artsakh, which was approved by the French Senate a week earlier.
Thus, Spokesperson of the RA MFA Anna Naghdalyan, referring to the adoption of this document, expressed her conviction that this unified position of the lower and upper chambers of the French parliament symbolizes the decisive voice of France and the French against the policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide carried out by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh with the support of Turkey and mercenaries -terrorists. "We consider it possible that the resolution also mentions the need to guarantee the safety of the civilian population of Artsakh, Azerbaijan's failure of the peace process by military means, the deployment of mercenaries and terrorists in Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of Turkey. We consider important such steps by the international community in favor of a final and just settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, recognition of the status of Artsakh on the basis of the right to self-determination, which today has become one of the main imperatives for ensuring the security of the Armenians of Artsakh, "Naghdalyan concluded.
The day before, the French National Assembly adopted a resolution on the need to recognize the Republic of Artsakh, which was approved by the French Senate a week earlier. As reported by the Armenian Embassy in France, 188 lawmakers voted for the adoption of the resolution, and only 3 against. According to the source, the resolution states that Azerbaijan failed the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict and deployed mercenaries from terrorist groups in Artsakh with the support of Turkey.