France unlikely to play positive role in Karabakh conflict settlement

  06 July 2016    Read: 1732
France unlikely to play positive role in Karabakh conflict settlement
If the French parliament recognizes fictitious Armenian genocide, it is hard to believe that the country, as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, will play a positive role in resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Arzu Naghiyev, political analyst, told, AzVision.az reports citing Trend.
Naghiyev said that the adoption of an amendment by the lower house of the French Parliament, envisaging punishment for denying fictitious Armenian genocide, had a negative impact on the France-Turkey relations and the settlement of the conflict.

“This action of France is intended for people within the country,” he added.

"Both presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in France in 2017,” he said. “Therefore, this action of French President Francois Hollande is intended for gaining the Armenian lobby’s votes."

Naghiyev said that the recognition of fictitious Armenian genocide by Germany’s Bundestag and France’s actions almost predetermined that the process of Turkey`s EU accession has been delayed.

"Moreover, thaw in the Turkey-Russia relations is observed today and Europe is trying to understand why Turkey is establishing close relations exactly with this country," he said.

The French National Assembly (a lower house of the parliament) approved the amendment to the Equality and Citizenship bill, submitted by the government, which is imposing punishment for denying the so-called Armenian genocide.

According to the amendment, those who deny the fact of "Armenian genocide", will be sentenced for one year and will pay a 45,000 euro fine.

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