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18 October 2006 [16:12] - Today.Az
"I have not heard of any official announcements that Azerbaijan is seeking expulsion of France from the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs," Head of Press and Information Policy Department at the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Tahir Tagizadeh is quoted as saying to Day.Az, while commenting on calls for it after the lower house of France's parliament passed a law that envisages criminal punishment for denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide."

In this connection, he noted that "diplomats have to work with reality of political facts." "France's foreign policy is formed les by the parliament and more by the French foreign ministry. So, I do not understand, on what proponents of expelling France from the MG co-chairs ground," Tahir Tagizadeh said.

Commenting on a statement by the bloc of Azerbaijani parties "Our Azerbaijan" on necessity to freeze all relations with the country, impose an embargo on French goods, recall the ambassador from Paris and so on, he noted that "any political force in the country has a right to make these or other statements." "In this case, aspiration can be seen vividly to gain political profit grounding on any issues, including those that are not supposed to be subject for speculations," the Head of Press and Information Policy Department said.

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