YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS. On May 12 Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian met French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault in France, Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia informed “Armenpress”.

Minister Nalbandian presented his French counterpart the situation created in Nagorno Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijani aggression and emphasized the consistent efforts of Armenia together with the OSCE Minsk Group aimed at excluding the April events and solving the conflict exclusively with peaceful means.

The interlocutors agreed that the use of force is unacceptable, and the conflict settlement through negotiations has no alternative. They stressed the importance of trilateral term-less agreements on establishing and maintaining 1994-1995 ceasefire regime and the necessity of their complete implementation. In this regard, Ministers highlighted the need to install investigation mechanisms on ceasefire violations and incidents and the urgent expansion of capabilities of the group of the OSCE Chairman’s Personal Representative.

Minister Nalbandian reaffirmed that in case of the creation of appropriate conditions, Armenia will continue to work with the OSCE Minsk Group Chairing countries towards the settlement of conflict through negotiations.

The interlocutors also discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in political, economic, trade, inter-parliamentary, decentralized, humanitarian and other fields.

Armenian Minister Nalbandian and his French counterpart emphasized with satisfaction that the Armenian-French bilateral relations are at the high level. They spoke about the possibilities of developing and expanding the bilateral economic cooperation. In this regard, Armenian Minister stated that nearly 160 companies with French capital exist in Armenia, and Armenia welcomes the growth of French investments and the initiatives towards that direction.

The sides also discussed the cooperation within the framework of La Francophonie international organization.

Edward Nalbandian invited his French counterpart to Armenia.