French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian calls on Yerevan and Baku to agree on withdrawal of Azerbaijani forces from Armenia, TASS reports. The French Foreign Ministry reported this after Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s phone talks with Armenia’s Acting Foreign Minister Ara Aivazian and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhoun Bayramov.
“Regarding the current tensions on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, he recalled the great concern of France and its commitment to the preservation of the territorial integrity of Armenia.
France attentively monitors the situation and calls on the sides to continue the dialogue for ensuring the immediate withdrawal of the Azerbaijani forces from the territory of Armenia,” France’s Foreign Ministry’s statement reads.