Baku, Azerbaijan, April 11. The Parliamentary
Group for Supporting the People of Corsica of the Republic of
Azerbaijan has issued a statement in response to a resolution
passed by the French National Assembly, Trend reports.
“The National Assembly of France once again demonstrates bias
against Azerbaijan by adopting a resolution containing absurd
allegations against our country, including claims related to the
activities of the Baku Initiative Group.
Moreover, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs,
Jean-Noël Barrot, reiterated those allegations in his address to
the National Assembly and leveled unfounded accusations against our
state.
We, the Support Group for the People of Corsica in the Milli
Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, strongly condemn this
resolution and the expressed positions, which contravene
international law and objective reality, and we view those as yet
another manifestation of France’s campaign to discredit
Azerbaijan.
The Republic of Azerbaijan always adheres to the principles of
international law, especially the principle of states’ sovereignty.
The Baku Initiative Group is precisely the platform, based on the
said principles, that opposes the colonialism policy from
international rostra and aims to support the peoples fighting for
freedom and justice.
The attempts of the French side to discredit this initiative
stem from their intention to justify their own ill-meaning colonial
policy.
The very fact that France, a state laying claim to the defense
of international law and democracy, condoned the 30-year-long
Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territories and remained
indifferent to the eviction of more than a million Azerbaijanis
from their native lands as well as the destruction of the cultural
and religious heritage unmasks it and, at the same time, is another
glaring example of the characteristic double standards.
Today, we live in our sovereign territories under the leadership
of the victorious Leader of Azerbaijan, and our territorial
integrity has been restored wholly. Thus, we have apprehended
France’s destructive policy in the South Caucasus. But we can
observe that France is attempting to use the same colonial logic in
our region. France continues arming Armenia and using it as a
manipulative tool.
Currently, the French authorities are trying to discredit the
legitimate steps of Azerbaijan that are based on international law.
Meanwhile, France should finally realize that the French colonial
policy as well as France’s flagrant violation of the will of the
native peoples in New Caledonia and the other regions have been put
in the focus of the international community thanks to the endeavors
of the Baku Initiative Group.
We are calling upon the authorities and legislative bodies of
France to desist the policy contradicting the principles of
international law and of fairness, to respect the fundamental human
rights, and to ensure the realization of the overseas territories’
peoples’ independence aspirations,” the statement said.
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