French Human Rights Activist Condemns Macron's Karabakh Statement
Date
10/28/2022 6:05:50 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Fatima Hasanova
Thierry Valle, chairman of the French Coordinating Center for
Freedom of Conscience, has severely condemned French President
Emmanuel macron for his latest anti-Azerbaijani statement, Azernews
reports with reference to magazine.
Valle pointed out that Macron's remark endangered the fragile
peace in the South Caucasus in an open letter that was published in
the Causeur magazine under the heading 'Trust cannot be gained
without truth'. According to the author, Macron is also skeptical
of the EU's contribution to the rehabilitation of relations between
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The appeal points out that Macron's assertion that 'Karabakh is
the heart of Armenia' violates international law and is detrimental
to this accord in the light of the parties' recognition of each
other's territorial integrity and sovereignty at their most recent
meeting in Prague.
Macron 'pushed the South Caucasus towards Russia' by risking
Europe's involvement in the delicate peace process, Valle said,
describing the famous comment as 'France's most failed diplomatic
act in the post-Soviet period'.
The human rights activist also accused Macron of hypocrisy.
'I don't think that the tragedy in Khojaly, which is the darkest
page of the Karabakh conflict, can fit, as you say, into the
context of the `fight for tolerance, which Armenia spearheaded'
without knowing this is insulting to France's foundational ideas of
'equality',' he said.
At the end of his speech, Valle urged Macron to stay faithful to
France's fundamental moral ideals and to urge his Armenian allies
to acknowledge the atrocity in Khojaly.
'This may be a real contribution of France to peace in the South
Caucasus, which it desperately needs,' Valle concluded.
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