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“Azerbaijan is very interesting and politically important country for France”, Gabriel Keller, ambassador of France to Azerbaijan told journalists on Thursday, APA reports. The diplomat said his country saw Azerbaijan as a very important country in its foreign policy and noted that Azerbaijan was important from the perspective of EU energy security.
The ambassador said France supported peaceful and fair solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He spoke with pleasure about the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents in St. Petersburg and said that the negotiations were going on the basis of Madrid proposals and the presidents gave consent to that. Speaking about the reasons of France’s voting against the UN resolution on occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the diplomat said OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs demonstrated a unified position on any issue.
“It doesn’t mean that we don’t agree with the points of resolution, it means that there is irregularity between that document and Madrid proposals. The resolution can’t push the parts forward because it doesn’t contain all elements of negotiations”. The ambassador expressed opinion on the recognition of false “Armenian genocide” by French parliament and said that it was not position of French government. “The government of France considers that not parliamentarians, but historians should research the historical events”.
The ambassador said he didn’t see mass grave found in Guba Region because he arrived in Baku newly. The newly-appointed ambassador said he intended to visit all regions of Azerbaijan. Ambassador Keller said all EU countries would closely watch the presidential elections in Azerbaijan in autumn. He expressed opinion about Nabucco project, which is important for European energy security. “Azerbaijan wants France, as a chair of European Union, to achieve consent of all member countries to this project. It is not easy to achieve agreement of all 27 member countries. The world needs in energy resources. We are energy consumers and energy producers are like a young girl, who makes choice among several fiancés. Each fiancé should make useful proposal to win her heart. We will make profitable proposal for transportation of Azerbaijani and Asian gas to Europe. Our argument will be a suitable proposal for both sides”.
