Armenian president discuses with French counterpart situation in Nagorno Karabakh
11.07.2016,
10:39
President Serzh Sargsyan met with the President of France François Hollande on Saturday in Warsaw, the Armenian president’s press office reports.
YEREVAN, July 11. /ARKA/. President Serzh Sargsyan met with the President of France François Hollande on Saturday in Warsaw, the Armenian president’s press office reports.
“The President of Armenia expressed gratitude for President Hollande’s consistent important role and support on all issues which are vital for Armenia and underscored that in Armenia people take pride in having special relations with France,” the press release says.
The Armenian president noted with satisfaction that the Armenian-French economic relations have considerably expanded through the years: among the EU states, France remains one the leading countries with regard to the investments made in Armenia.
Serzh Sargsyan also expressed gratitude for the recent adoption by the National Assembly of France of the resolution which criminalizes the denial of the Armenia Genocide. President Hollande’s personal contribution to the adoption of the mentioned resolution was noteworthy.
At the meeting, the presidents also spoke about Nagorno Karabakh.
Sargsyan stressed the importance of the active role of France as one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in the process of a peaceful resolution of the conflict and thanked President Hollande for his constant personal efforts.
Serzh Sargsyan and François Hollande also stressed the importance of the unconditional implementation of the provisions secured in the Declarations adopted in Vienna and Saint Petersburg.
The presidents of Armenia and France exchanged views on the prospects of moving the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
The Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. --0--
“The President of Armenia expressed gratitude for President Hollande’s consistent important role and support on all issues which are vital for Armenia and underscored that in Armenia people take pride in having special relations with France,” the press release says.
The Armenian president noted with satisfaction that the Armenian-French economic relations have considerably expanded through the years: among the EU states, France remains one the leading countries with regard to the investments made in Armenia.
Serzh Sargsyan also expressed gratitude for the recent adoption by the National Assembly of France of the resolution which criminalizes the denial of the Armenia Genocide. President Hollande’s personal contribution to the adoption of the mentioned resolution was noteworthy.
At the meeting, the presidents also spoke about Nagorno Karabakh.
Sargsyan stressed the importance of the active role of France as one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in the process of a peaceful resolution of the conflict and thanked President Hollande for his constant personal efforts.
Serzh Sargsyan and François Hollande also stressed the importance of the unconditional implementation of the provisions secured in the Declarations adopted in Vienna and Saint Petersburg.
The presidents of Armenia and France exchanged views on the prospects of moving the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
The Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. --0--
