23 October 2018, 10:47
Azerbaijani MFA condemns visit of Saint-Étienne delegation to NKR
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced the trip of a delegation from the French city of Saint-Étienne to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and the declaration signed during this visit to be illegal. The Mayor of Saint-Étienne will be put on the list of undesirable persons of the Azerbaijani MFA, who are banned from entering Azerbaijan.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 21, the Declaration of Friendship of the cities of Shusha and Saint-Étienne was signed in the NKR. The document was signed by the Mayors of both cities – Artsvik Sargsyan and Gael Perdrio.
On October 22, the MFA of Azerbaijan condemned the "illegal visit of the Mayor of the French city of Saint-Étienne to the occupied city of Azerbaijan – Shusha."
"We hereby declare that the notorious 'Declaration of Friendship', signed during the illegal visit, has no legal force," the press service of the Azerbaijani MFA has stated.
Gael Perdrio, the Mayor of Saint-Étienne, will be put on the list of persons undesirable for entering Azerbaijan, the MFA's press service has concluded.
Saint-Étienne became the 12th French and the 22nd foreign city that established friendly relations with NKR communities, the NKR's MFA has reported.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 23, 2018 at 02:23 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Author: Faik Medzhid Source: CK correspondent
