French MFA: "We do not recognize 'NKR' and do not accept the 'Friendship Charter'"

Baku. 23 October. REPORT.AZ/ France does not recognize the 'Friendship charter' signed between the separatist so-called 'Nagorno-Karabakh Republic' and the municipality of French city Saint-Étienne, the French Foreign Ministry said in response to the inquiry of Report's Western European Bureau.

"France's stance on this issue is clear. France does not recognize the 'Nagorno-Karabakh Republic' and do not accept the 'Frendship Charter' signed between Saint-Étienne and 'NKR'," the Foreign Ministry added.