French Speaker says Karabakh conflict “serious threat” to Caucasus stability
Trend news agency
8 Sep 04
Baku, 8 September, Trend correspondent S. Agayeva: “France is sparing
no effort to settle the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict and to resolve
this problem peacefully,” French Senate Speaker Christian Poncelet
said on 8 September addressing a ceremony of opening an exhibition
of Azerbaijani artists in the Senate’s museum within the framework
of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Paris.
Poncelet said that the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict posed a serious
threat to stability in the Caucasus and the region. He added that
the Senate supported the intensification of meetings between the
Azerbaijani, Armenian and Georgian speakers initiated by the Senate.
In turn, Aliyev said that France had always supported Azerbaijan in
all issues and hoped that support of this kind would be rendered in
the future as well.