NO FRENCH COMPANY OPERATES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES – AMBASSADOR

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 22 2005

Baku, September 21, AssA-Irada
French ambassador to Azerbaijan Roland Blatman has responded to the
letter sent by the hard-line Garabagh Liberation Organization (GLO)
chairman Akif Naghi.

Naghi expressed strong objection in his letter, saying that French
companies are cooperating with the separatist regime in Upper Garabagh
in the area of communications.

The ambassador wrote in reply that French companies are not working in
Garabagh and that the French government issued an instruction banning
their operation, considering situation in the region. “GLO should put
en end to its threats against the embassy of France and I am ready
for all kinds of discussions concerning this”, the letter said.

GLO, in turn, called on the French government to adhere to a ‘more
objective position’ in the region.*