ArmInfo. France is committed to Armenia's peaceful aspirations and stands by it. This was stated by French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies at a press conference in Yerevan on January 14.
However, this commitment includes respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia. France is by Armenia>, the ambassador noted. When asked to express his attitude to the statement of the Armenian Prime Minister on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the ambassador noted that this issue is not in line with the topic of the press conference.
To the journalist's remark that politics and culture were closely intertwined in his welcoming speech, the diplomat noted that politics and theater are in the context of the common past of the two peoples.
"France is assisting Armenia. The policy of Armenia is being carried out by its government. The assistance that France provides to Armenia was succinctly presented by the President of the French Republic and it is comprehensive and complex," the French Ambassador summed up.Earlier, the press secretary of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nazeli Baghdasaryan, in response to questions from a number of media outlets, stated that the Republic of Armenia is considering the possibility of turning to the OSCE on the issue of abolishing the Minsk Group (MG) (the only international structure with a mandate to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - ed.)