The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, while answering the journalist’s questions, said that France does not consider the interests of Armenia and the armenian people, and Paris tries to use Yerevan as a means to achieve its opportunistic goals.
Dr. Ahmad Shahidov, a human rights defender who is currently participating in the Summer Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, said in an interview to ARB24 Television that France has never fulfilled its role as a mediator and has always tried to have a say in the South Caucasus over Armenia. At a time when peace talks are going on between Baku and Yerevan today, giving offensive weapons to Armenia actually shows that France is interested in a new escalation in the region.
