French senator says Caucasus of “geostrategic” importance – Azeri agency

Trend news agency
11 Apr 05

BAKU

Trend correspondent S. Agayeva: France is interested in a peaceful
resolution to the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, Ambroise DuPont, head of
the French Senate’s friendship group France-Azerbaijan, told
journalists in Baku on 11 April.

In his view, peace is a guarantee of the future of the region and the
French and Senate leaderships are using all means to assist the
resolution of the conflict. In this context he recalled the efforts of
Christian Poncelet, president of the French Senate, to organize
regular meetings of the parliament speakers of the South Caucasus
countries. The French Senate attaches great significance to relations
with the Caucasus and describes this region as geostrategic, the
senator said.

“France is being reproached for a pro-Armenian stance, which is
somewhat true and somewhat false. We simply know more about the
Armenians than about the Azerbaijanis,” DuPont said. All his efforts
are currently directed at representing Azerbaijan in France, he said.