FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA HAS NOT CONFIRMED JACQUES CHIRAC’S PLANS TO VISIT KARABAKH
Regnum, Russia
Oct 25 2006
The matter may not concern economical development without peace;
on October 24, French Ambassador to Armenia Henry Cuny stated at a
news conference ending his diplomatic mission in Armenia. According
to him, at present, fact should be clearly recognized that Nagorno
Karabakh settlement starts from the both parties’ interests.
As a REGNUM correspondent informs, the diplomat stressed that Armenia
may not be considered as separate market now, in particular, because of
its insolvency and population’s fewness. "At the same time, Armenia’s
geographic location is rather attractive for business because it
‘opens doors to the Middle East and Central Asia; that is why, play
might be quite different, if there were no closed borders," Cuny said,
adding that it is necessary to remember both Azerbaijan and Armenia
have not been included into the EU New Neighborhood Policy. "In this
connection, conflict’s pendency leads the program’s realization into
a dead end. In such case, situation arises when two countries included
into the program have closed borders; moreover, there are no diplomatic
relations, i.e. the program will not function per se," he pointed out.
Responding to question of journalists to what extent publications
of Azerbaijani mass media concerning French president’s visit to
Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh are truthful, he informed that he did
not have such information. At that, the French diplomat added that
being an OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, France has no right on one-sided
demonstrations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
