FRENCH DISPLAY NO INTEREST IN AZERBAIJAN’S STANCE ON KARABAKH CONFLICT

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 11, 2011 – 16:57 AMT

At the initiative of the Azerbaijani Diaspora, the French Institute
of International Relations (IFRI) hosted a conference on the Karabakh
conflict in Paris. The event brought together 48 people, a confidential
source told PanARMENIAN.Net

Tabib Huseynov, allegedly a native of Shushi and holder of Master’s
Degree in International Relations and European Studies from the
Budapest-based Central European University, presented his views
on Karabakh.

Basically, Azerbaijani students attended the event, along with French
researchers. Pro-Azerbaijani ex-member of the Swedish parliament
Goran Lidblad was also present at the event. The Azerbaijani side
organized the event rather well, but failed in cheating the attendees,
especially, after the speech of Azerbaijani Ambassador to France
Elchin Amirbeyov, who started disseminating anti-Armenian propaganda.

However, the French side did not attach importance to the Azerbaijanis’
speeches, and not a report was published. IFRI was represented only
by Philippe Moreau-Defarges, a researcher and co-director of RAMSES
publication.

The source noted that Azerbaijan exerted huge efforts to organize
the conference in response to the March conference of IFRI with
participation of President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan.

“The anti-Armenian propaganda of Azerbaijan has no limits,” the
source concluded.