France welcomes any step benefiting Karabakh conflict settlement: envoySeptember 12, 2017 - 17:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Everything that is aimed at the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is acceptable for France, the country's outgoing ambassador to Armenia Jean-Francois Charpentier said on Tuesday, September 12. Charpentier was asked about his position on a recent meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian religious leaders in Moscow and whether Russia sought to gain an upper hand in the conflict settlement process. According to him, the Russian patriarch's initiative was a brilliant idea as anything that goes the right way can contribute to solving the conundrum. "It matters not who is organizing the meeting, but it does matter that dialogues are happening," Charpentier said, according to Panorama.am. "Both leaders stated that the conflict is not a religious issue, but a national one, and that no military solution can be accepted." Charpentier is ending his mission in Armenia, and French president Emanuel Macron has already appointed Jonathan Lacote as the country's next ambassador. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |