French lawmaker Valérie Boyer has hosted Father Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Abbot of the Dadivank Monastery in Artsakh, in the French Senate, she said on Friday.

“Faced with the threat of Azerbaijan in Artsakh, I was received several months ago by Fr.  Hrant Hovhannisyan at the Dadivank Monastery. I wanted to meet him again in the Senate,” the MP wrote on Facebook, sharing photos.

She called on the French government, the European Union and UNESCO to protect Artsakh's cultural heritage and people.

“At a time when the international community is fully focused on the war in Ukraine, I once again call on the government, the European Union and UNESCO to intervene to protect the Armenian people and heritage,” Boyer said.