Azeri MP slams French parliament 'genocide' decision

According to AssA-Irada, raising the issue at a session of the Milli Majlis (parliament) on Friday, the Great Establishment Party chairman, MP Fazil Gazanfaroghlu suggested that Azerbaijan reject this country's co-chairmanship in the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) mediating settlement to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The MP said the stance of all the three countries co-chairing the MG (Russia, France and the United States) on the Karabakh problem is against Azerbaijan. "We should therefore ensure that another, more neutral country, replaces France," he said.

Gazanfaroghlu said Azerbaijan should stand by Turkey on the issue. "The claims being laid out against Turkey directly refer to Azerbaijan. If we do not take this seriously, the French Senate may also pass a decision in the near future criminalizing the recognition of Nagorno Karabakh as Azeri territory," the MP said.

Gazanfaroghlu suggested that the legislative body set up a taskforce that would further prepare an appeal to world parliamentarians. "It should say that the French parliament's decision was fully prompted by their harboring Armenians and animosity toward Turks."

/BakuTODAY.net/