France doesn't recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, which is occupied by Armenia. Paris continuously supports the ongoing mediation process of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to find a peaceful settlement to the conflict, the ambassador of France to Azerbaijan, Pascal Monnier, said today.
The ambassador was commenting on the remarks made by three members of the so-called France-Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary friendship group - the senators Sophie Joissains and Michel Amiel, and the mayor of the town of Bourg-les-Valence, Marlene Mourier, in support of the recognition of the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh by the international community which were posted on the website of the French weekly magazine L’Express.
"If a French senator is asking for recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence, he is expressing a personal opinion that doesn't engage the French Republic," Trend cited Pascal Monnier as saying.
France doesn’t have any relations with the 'authorities' in Nagorno-Karabakh, the diplomat stressed.
