The French Senate supports the right of Armenians to return to  Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo. A conference titled "The people of Armenia and their right to return to their land" was held in the French Senate.  According to the report of the French Senate, the event was initiated by the association "Concert for Peace  in Armenia".

"This topic has garnered the attention of members of the upper house  of parliament for several years. Last year, the Senate adopted a  resolution condemning the military operation carried out by  Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh," the report of the French Senate  reads.  It is noted that Senator Marie-Do Aeschlimann from the  Republican Party (LR), a member of the France- Armenia Friendship  Committee Group, invited representatives of the association to the  Senate for a discussion. According to the senator, the purpose of the  event is to bring the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh to the forefront of  public debate. During the conference, which was attended by former  International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, the  rights of Armenians to safely return to Nagorno-Karabakh and the  recognition of the NKR were discussed. The Senate's potential support  for this movement and assistance to Armenians in their struggle for  justice were also considered.

It is also mentioned that the French Senate adopted a resolution last  year condemning Azerbaijan's military aggression in Nagorno-Karabakh  in September 2023. The resolution also proposed developing a  sanctions regime at the EU level against Azerbaijani officials  responsible for the aggression and preventing any further attempts to  violate the territorial integrity of Armenia. "The French Senate has  been warning for several years about the situation of Armenians in  Nagorno-Karabakh. In the fall of 2022, another document was adopted  calling for sanctions against Azerbaijan and urging the immediate  withdrawal of its troops from Armenian territory, as well as  compliance with the ceasefire agreement signed on November 9, 2020,"  the statement said.