{"id":13722,"date":"2021-05-14T08:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2021-05-14T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:30:41","slug":"france-responds-to-reports-of-azerbaijani-troops-entering-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=13722","title":{"rendered":"France Responds to Reports of Azerbaijani Troops Entering Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation with Acting the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikolai Pashinyan called for the immediate withdrawal of the Azerbaijani military from Armenian territory, according to the Elysee Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; May 14, 2021 \u2013 International News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The President of France reminded that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=12723\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12723\">Paris <\/a>stands for the territorial integrity of Armenia. He stated the need to immediately withdraw the Azerbaijani military from Armenian territory, &#8220;the statement reads. It states that Macron discussed with Pashinyan &#8220;developments on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;France is in favor of resolving the tense situation in the region through the UN Security Council. This would ensure regional stability and security, &#8220;said the Elysee Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emmanuel Macron also posted a message on social networks, in which he stated: \u201cThe Azerbaijani Armed Forces have invaded Armenian territory. They must be removed immediately. I appeal to the Armenian people again: France is in solidarity with you and will continue to do so. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Les forces arm\u00e9es de l\u2019Azerba\u00efdjan ont p\u00e9n\u00e9tr\u00e9 sur le territoire arm\u00e9nien. Elles doivent s&#39;en retirer imm\u00e9diatement. Je dis une nouvelle fois au peuple Arm\u00e9nien : la France est solidaire, elle le restera.<\/p>&mdash; Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/1392964390987698179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation at the border<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported on Friday in the Armenian Ministry of Defense for journalists of the Russian federal agency TASS &#8211; Azerbaijani Armed Forces are now on Armenian territory in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=13592\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13592\">border <\/a>Syunik region, during the talks held on Thursday, representatives of the Armenian side demanded the withdrawal of troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;During yesterday&#8217;s talks, our side strongly demanded the withdrawal of troops, noting that it is not going to give up a single meter of our territory. According to our information, the enemy&#8217;s armed forces are still in this area in Syunik, waiting for the decrees of the leadership, \u201dthe department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day before, Armenia announced the movement of Azerbaijani troops on the border. Acting The Prime Minister of the Republic Nikol Pashinyan reacted to the visit of the West of Azerbaijan to the territory of Armenia &#8211; calling it a&nbsp; planned provocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, the Armenian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=13666\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13666\">Defense <\/a>Ministry said that early in the morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces tried to carry out &#8220;certain work&#8221; in one of the border areas of Syunik in order to &#8220;adjust the border .&#8221; According to the agency, after the measures taken by the Armenian units, the Azerbaijani military has suspended these works, negotiations are underway to resolve the situation. In the evening of the same day, Pashinyan convened a meeting of the Security Council of the republic, during which he called the events that took place on the territory of Armenia. According to him, the Azerbaijani armed forces crossed the state border of Armenia, going 3.5 km deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the end of hostilities in the conflict zone around Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020, when seven areas adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh came under Baku&#8217;s control, Armenia&#8217;s border with Azerbaijan began to run directly near the Syunik region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=13592\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13592\">About 100 Thousand Russian Soldiers Remain at the Borders of Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Ukrgate<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation with Acting the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikolai Pashinyan called for the immediate withdrawal of the Azerbaijani military from Armenian territory, according to the Elysee Palace. Kyiv. 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