Azeri-Press news agency (APA)
Friday
Illegal 'charter' signed between France's Alfortville and
Armenian-occupied Lachin city of Azerbaijan annulled
The illegal 'charter' signed between the Alfortville city of France's
Île-de-France region and the Armenian-occupied Lachin city of
Azerbaijan has been annulled, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for the
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told APA.
The 'charter' was annulled thanks to the joint work of Azerbaijan's
Foreign Ministry and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris with France's
relevant bodies, noted Hajiyev.
'Since 2013, Armenian lobbyists functioning in France, under the
pretext of 'twin cities', has been trying to sign illegal documents
between the occupied Azerbaijani cities and France's cities and
settlements and to promote the illegal regime in Nagorno-Karabakh by
such steps,' he said.
The spokesman recalled that on 30 June 2017, the city council of
France's Alfortville decided to sign an illegal 'charter'.
'The prefect of the Val-dé-Marne department, to which the city of
Alfortville belongs, sent an appeal (recours gracieux) to the city
council for a voluntary abolition of the decision dated 30 July 2017,
but received no answer. In this regard, the prefect of the
Val-dé-Marne department filed an appeal to court for the abolition of
the illegal 'charter',' he said.
Nevertheless, based on the decision of the city council, the mayor of
Alfortville signed the unlawful 'charter' on 20 November 2017, Hajiyev
stressed.
'On 8 March 2018, the court held the first hearing and a public
prosecutor demanded that the 'charter' be abolished due to the
violation of paragraph L1115-1 of the French General Code on Local
Self-Government (about the agreements signed by the aforementioned
bodies being in line with France's international obligations). As a
result, on 12 April 2018, the city council of Alfortville was forced
to revoke its decision (dated 30 June 2017) on signing an unlawful
'charter' ("Charte d'amitié entreAlfortville et Berdzor") without
waiting for a court decision with 41 votes for and 1 abstention,' he
said.
Hajiyev continued: 'Mayor of Alfortville Michel Gershenovitz said, 'in
order to prevent prosecution, on April 12 I asked the city council to
revoke its decision. Otherwise, this verdict would a judicial act that
could damage "artsakh diplomacy'.'
Baku welcomes the decision of the prefect of the Val-dé-Marne
department to appeal to court for the annulment of the illegal
'charter' and expects France's central executive authorities and
departments to take similar steps, Hajiyev emphasized.
In addition, Baku urges the French Foreign Ministry and other relevant
bodies of the country to take strict measures to prevent the illegal
activities of French local authorities in connection with the occupied
Azerbaijani territories, as well as the organization of illegal visits
to these lands, the spokesman added.
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