(MENAFN- AzerNews) By MP Mazahir Afandiyev
Today, Azerbaijan is resolutely protecting its position on all
important platforms by using a multi-vector foreign policy in this
direction, declaring the new realities that have arisen to the
world community.
The important direction in Azerbaijan's foreign policy is not
related to the smallness or greatness of any country but mainly
related to the place of that country in the new political
architecture of the world.
Since 2020, i.e. after the Second Karabakh War, Azerbaijan
indicated the emergence of new realities in the South Caucasus. By
means of the obtained great victory, our country demonstrated the
multi-year activity of the United Nations on international
platforms and ensured the implementation of the four known adopted
resolutions. Thus, Azerbaijan managed to create a completely new
atmosphere both in the region and in world politics.
What we have seen in the current year is that the post-war era
has its own challenges and approaches. From this point of view,
Azerbaijan is applying a new approach to some issues in its 30-year
foreign policy. In order to ensure the national interests of
Azerbaijan and the people of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev
expresses his decisive position toward peace, tranquility, and a
prosperous future in all bilateral and multilateral meetings.
However, the fact that some states, especially France, took part
in the negotiations and discussed a completely different agenda,
and at the same time later accused Azerbaijan of occupation by
various means, the emergence of other interests in these issues is
political hypocrisy, as well as Macron's actions against
Azerbaijan-France relations as a politician is a betrayal and
disrespect.
In general, French-Azerbaijani relations have, in principle,
only been focused on development in the last 30 years. In these
relations, Azerbaijan has always tried to support France as the
cultural capital of Europe in a number of issues and mechanisms.
Although Azerbaijan provided an opportunity for France to
participate in the signing of the Peace Agreement in the post-war
period, to fulfill its peacekeeping mission, as a result, we
witnessed that the French president was engaged in defaming
Azerbaijan rather than using that opportunity.
Not every political leader succeeds in making the right
decisions to ensure the interests of his people. Unfortunately,
Emmanuel Macron's incompetent position in relations with Azerbaijan
is causing a great blow to the relations that have been formed so
far. Even France is losing its voice within the European Union.
This is clear proof of the French leader's inadequate attitude to
the current issues.
Recently, the resolution adopted by the French Senate against
Azerbaijan, which contradicts the norms and principles of
international law, contains an insincere and hypocritical position,
is a gross violation of the bilateral commitments made between
France and Azerbaijan, both political and economic, which have been
going on for many years.
This is not only for France-Azerbaijani relations, but also for
the joint agreements reached on the full implementation of all
points of the tripartite declaration signed on November 10, 2020,
in all the meetings held through the European Union, the efforts
made in this direction, and generally in the direction of peace. It
is a big blow to all the steps taken, disregarding and
disrespecting the norms and principles of international law.
The adopted resolution caused the anger of the Azerbaijani
people, and radical ideas and proposals were voiced by the deputies
of the Milli Majlis, such as the suspension of French-Azerbaijani
relations and the revision of existing relations. I believe that
the Statement of November 16, 2022, adopted by the Parliament of
the Republic of Azerbaijan, taking into account the continuous
anti-Azerbaijani activities of France, reflects the views of the
people of Azerbaijan, as well as a clear warning to the forces that
are attacking our country today.
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