PRESIDENT MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN OF FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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Chairman Debre described the Azerbaijan President’s state visit to France as very important for development of bilateral relations. “The meeting at the National Assembly is of great value for its members and businessmen involved in various sectors of France’s economy as it gives the opportunity for them to get information about developments in Azerbaijan and the region directly from you,” he said addressing Azerbaijan’s leader.
President Aliyev said it was his fifth visit to France over the last three years. “It shows how great is the significance Azerbaijan attaches to relations with your country,” he said adding France is a friendly country to Azerbaijan.
The Head of State also spoke of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in energy and other sectors of the economy as part of the Azerbaijan-EU relations.
The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh was also the subject of the talks between President of Azerbaijan and Chairman of the French National Assembly. The President highly valued France’s participation, as a Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk group, in the peace process, and the country’s support for territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. He informed Chairman Debre about Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan resulted in occupation of 20% of Azerbaijan’s lands and a million people becoming refugees and internally displaced.
The importance of expansion of interparliamentary ties between Azerbaijan and France was emphasized during the conversation as well.
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