The Senate of the Republic of France adopted a resolution supporting Armenia and proposing punitive measures against Azerbaijan.
Among other provisions, the resolution of the French Senate:
- Calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal, to their initial positions, of the Azeri forces and their allies from the sovereign territory of Armenia and the Lachin corridor, whose security and unchanged status must be ensured, according to the terms of the agreement ceasefire of November 9, 2020
- Calls, for the future, for the Azerbaijani authorities and all their partners in the region, in particular Turkey, to respect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Armenia in accordance with their obligations and international commitments;
- Calls for the immediate and unconditional release and repatriation of all Armenian prisoners of war;
- Condemns the violations by Azerbaijan of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of January 4, 1969 and calls for the respect by the Azerbaijani authorities of the international agreements and conventions aimed at ensuring the security of the Armenian populations and their right to live in peace and freedom, the right to return of displaced populations and the preservation of Armenian cultural and religious heritage;
- Invites the Government to work with determination so that the United Nations Security Council seizes the International Criminal Court regarding the aggression of Azerbaijan on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, including to investigate on mass crimes and war crimes;
- Calls on the Government to draw all the diplomatic and economic consequences of these new attacks, and to consider, with its European partners, the strongest appropriate responses – including the seizure of the assets of Azerbaijani leaders and an embargo on imports of gas and oil from Azerbaijan – to sanction the military aggression carried out by the Azerbaijani forces on the territory of the Republic of Armenia, in violation of its sovereignty;
- Invites the Government to consider setting up a humanitarian office in Nagorno-Karabakh;
- Invites the Government to demonstrate by all means France’s support for Armenia, by considering in particular the strengthening of Armenia’s defense capacities with a view to ensuring its territorial integrity;
- Invites the Government to take without delay any initiative to guarantee the security of the Armenian populations and of Armenia, within its internationally recognized borders, and to request for this purpose the deployment of an interposition force under the aegis of the international community ;
- Reaffirms the need to recognize the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and to make this recognition an instrument of negotiations with a view to establishing a lasting peace;
- Invites the Government to do everything possible to ensure that Azerbaijan engages urgently and peacefully in a process of negotiation through the diplomatic channel, in order to achieve the establishment of a lasting peace in the South Caucasus.
The resolution was presented by senators Bruno Ratayo, Christian Cambon, Éliane Assassi, Patrick Kanner, Hervé Marseille and Gilbert-Luc Devinaz.
Armenian Ambassador to France Hasmik Tolmajyan and Nagorno-Karabakh representative Hovhannes Gevorgyan were present at the resolution adoption session as guests of honor.
The resolution was presented by senators Bruno Ratayo, Christian Cambon, Éliane Assassi, Patrick Kanner, Hervé Marseille and Gilbert-Luc Devinaz.
Armenian Ambassador to France Hasmik Tolmajyan and Nagorno-Karabakh representative Hovhannes Gevorgyan were present at the resolution adoption session as guests of honor.
