12:17 . 25/05
Azerbaijan sent a note to France on the visit of three French senators to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. According to Turkish sources, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris has passed the note to the French foreign ministry.
The head of the press service of Azerbaijani foreign ministry Elman Abdulayev announced they have declared the three French senators Phillippe Marini, Sophie Joissains and Bernard Fournier persona non grata for visiting NKR on May 22 without Baku’s consent.
It is stated in Azerbaijan’s note that such kind of visits “don’t contribute to the region’s peace and bring about tension”. The note draws attention to the fact that France is co-chairing country of OSCE MG, which deals with the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.