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"Azerbaijan should withdraw its forces from the occupied territories of Armenia." Prime Minister of France
French Prime Minister Gabriel Atal accused Russia of wanting to "punish Armenia" for "its pursuit of peace and its respect for sovereignty. principles that Moscow violates in Ukraine.". "Russia wants to punish Armenia for the fact that it has chosen the path of fighting impunity by joining the International Criminal Court, and simply because it has chosen democracy and the rule of law," added the Prime Minister of France, speaking at the annual dinner of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France.
Gabriel Atal also criticized the position of Russia, which did not condemn Azerbaijan's use of force in Nagorno-Karabakh and "in fact approved" of it. "The so-called Russian peacekeeping forces have intensified the humanitarian crisis," he added.
Gabriel Atal also added that he demanded that Azerbaijan withdraw its forces from Armenia's occupied positions, assessing that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, himself admitted that the Azerbaijani forces advanced in several points on Armenia's territory. "Today's task is to help Armenia defend its independence, democracy, its territory, in a word, its sovereignty, and preserve Armenia's territorial integrity," he said.
