The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry handed the French ambassador to Baku a note of protest in connection with the adoption by the National Assembly (upper house of parliament) of the country of a resolution calling on the government to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.
French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry today. At the meeting, the Ambassador was handed a note of protest by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry in connection with the resolution on “Protection of the Armenian People and Christian Communities of Europe and East “adopted by the French National Assembly.
The head of the French diplomatic mission noted that he would bring the position of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to official Paris.
On Thursday the French National Assembly voted 188 to 3 on Thursday to adopt a resolution that stresses the urgent need to recognize the independence of Artsakh.
