France welcomed the new action of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement on Saturday that the positive action of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan and the goodwill of both countries, especially welcomes the exchange of prisoners.

According to the news agency “Armenapress” The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced: “We hope that these statements are the first step towards resolving the situation of prisoners, detainees and disappeared persons.”

Yervan and Baku on Thursday night, after several rounds of negotiations between the senior officials of the Prime Minister’s Office of Armenia and the Presidency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, issued a joint statement and emphasized that they are witnessing a historic opportunity to achieve peace. .

In this statement, Baku and Yerevan expressed hope to sign a peace treaty by the end of 2023.

These countries emphasized in their statement that they will try to sign a comprehensive peace treaty, based on mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity

France announced that it supports the quick resumption of negotiations on the peace agreement between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan with the support of the European Union and the United States.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France added in its statement: “As the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France has said many times, lasting peace does not exist without respect for international laws and sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of the two countries.” “

In 2020 and the second war with Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan took back part of the lands of Karabakh and recently after the attacks Baku to the remaining parts of Nagorno-Karabakh in September, the Armenians in this region agreed to the conditions of the Republic of Azerbaijan to disarm this region, and Nagorno-Karabakh came under the control of Baku.

Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan emphasized in their statement that they will try to sign a comprehensive peace treaty, based on mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity. As a sign of goodwill, the two sides are going to release a number of each other’s prisoners that happened in the Karabakh war.

Russia stated that the meeting between Armenian representatives And the Republic of Azerbaijan welcomes the common border between the two countries. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said: “Russia welcomes the meeting of representatives of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the common border between the two countries.”

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