ArmInfo.Baku does not see any role of Paris in the ceasefire in Karabakh. This is stated in the commentary by head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva in connection with the statement by French President Emmanuel Macron on June 1 in Paris.
"This process is provided on the basis of a trilateral statement by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. The Russian peacekeepers temporarily deployed in Azerbaijan are carrying out a mission to ensure a ceasefire," Abdullayeva said, cynically stating once again that there are no Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan. Furthermore, she did not stop there, in the spirit of the traditional Azerbaijani propaganda, which has nothing to do with reality, she assured that the Armenian military captured on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia on May 27 by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were saboteurs and accused them of attempting to commit a terrorist act. "As for the direct dialogue between the parties, it is already taking place at the level of the deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. At the same time, France does not play any role in this. It is no secret that France has special sympathy for Armenia, but as a co-chair country it should remain neutral to the Minsk Group. We hope that in accordance with the mandate of the co-chair, France will show a neutral and impartial position, "Abdullayeva said, Turan reports. It is also worth noting that show of a "trial" of two Armenian soldiers - Ludwig Mkrtchyan and Alyosha Khosrovian - has begun in Baku today. Azerbaijan did not come up with anything better how to accuse the Armenian military of committing "torture during the First Karabakh war of the 1990s." And, of course, Azerbaijan has no real evidence of this.
To note, French leader Emmanuel Macron on June 1 at a meeting with acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in Paris that France will contribute to the restoration of peace and the development of dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan. "
As the co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, together with Russia and the United States, France intends to do everything to achieve de-escalation and restoration of dialogue, including direct, between the parties," the French leader said. He stressed that "in connection with the recent events on the border, its delimitation should be carried out only through negotiations and without the use of force." Macron noted that the Azerbaijani troops should leave the territory of Armenia, and the parties should return to the positions they held as of May 11.