Karabakh in focus of Armenian, French Presidents’ meeting

PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan and his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Saturday, July 9 discussed the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in Warsaw, the presidential press service reports.

Talking on the sidelines of a NATO summit, Sargsyan hailed Frances’ and personally Hollande’s own efforts aimed at resolving the issue.

Both of them attached great importance to previous meetings in Vienna and Saint Petersburg, during which Armenian and Azeri leaders discussed opportunities for bringing the negotiation process back on track.

Sargsyan and Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev met on June 20 in Saint Petersburg to address the conflict, with Russian President Vladimir Putin mediating the talks. The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents confirmed their commitment to the implementation of agreements reached at a Vienna-hosted meeting on May 16. To that end, they have agreed to increase the number of international observers in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone. Also, they expressed satisfaction that the ceasefire was now holding.

Prior to that, a meeting between both leaders was organized on May 16 in Vienna, with top diplomats from the MG co-chairing countries hosting the summit.

Hailing evermore developing economic relations between the two countries, President Sargsyan expressed gratitude over the French National Assembly’s vote to criminalize the denial of the Armenian Genocide.