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French senators visiting Azerbaijanâ€™s occupied territories included in â€œblack listâ€ â€“ UPDATED

French senators visiting Azerbaijanâ€™s occupied territories included in â€œblack listâ€ â€“ <font color=red>UPDATED </font>

24 May 2012 15:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva â€“ APA. French senators Sophie Joissains, Philip Marini and Bernard Fournier, who visited Azerbaijanâ€™s occupied territories without permission, were declared persona non grata, said spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev, APA reports. He said that such visits didnâ€™t contribute to the conflictâ€™s settlement and tensed the situation. Abdullayev reminded that France was OSCE Minsk Group co-chair and declared that such visits damage the negotiations process: â€œSuch illegal visits to Azerbaijanâ€™s occupied territories donâ€™t contribute to the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, rather, it tense the situation and creates the uncertainty. Such visits are unacceptable. Azerbaijanâ€™s position concerning it is principled and firm. If anyone takes such step again, he will be included in â€œblack listâ€. Every senator mustnâ€™t forget that such visit can damage the mediating mission. Unfortunately, the French senators turned into the tool and victim of such non-constructive blackmail of the Armenian communityâ€.

Abdullayev said that Azerbaijanâ€™s embassy in France filed a note concerning this issue and sent a letter to French Senate. In return the French Senate said that these persons paid an unofficial, personal visit to Nagorno Karabakh.

The French senators visited Azerbaijanâ€™s occupied Nagorno Karabakh region and met with leaders of the separatist regime.