French President Emmanuel Macron has said France "will never abandon the Armenians".

"We will always seek solutions for lasting peace. I want the holiday season to be one of humanitarian advances, one of appeasement," Macron said in a Twitter thread on Wednesday, December 15.

Also Wednesday, Macron initiated a trilateral meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.