FRENCH FM MEETS STUDENTS IN YEREVAN
Armenia TV, Yerevan,
30 Sep 06
The French foreign minister [Philippe Douste-Blazy] visited French
University of Armenia today. One of the students of the university
asked him if it was possible for France to be the first to recognize
Karabakh as an independent state. The minister gave a diplomatic
answer. He said that this was a provocative question as the conflict
should be settled in a diplomatic way via talks and dialogue, on the
basis of which there should be aspiration for peace, and the OSCE
Minsk Group is an effective format for its settlement.
Concerning French University, he said that the university was a bridge
for Armenian-French friendship and they waited for its students in
France as good specialists.
[Video showed the meeting]