YEREVAN, MAY 2, ARMENPRESS. The Regional Council of Hauts-de-France supports the full realization of the rights of the people of Artsakh and, in particular, the right to self-determination, ARMENPRESS reports Xavier Bertrand, President of the regional council of Hauts-de-France, and Sergey Ghazaryan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh, signed a joint statement at the Artsakh Representative Office in Yerevan.

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Officials who have arrived from France are calling on the international community to impose sanctions on the Azerbaijani regime as long as Baku refuses to comply with the decision of the UN International Court of Justice to ensure the two-way movement of people and goods through the Lachin Corridor.

During the meeting, Xavier Bertrand emphasized that the aggression and other actions unleashed by Azerbaijan are unacceptable and must be stopped.

"No one has the right to set up a checkpoint, block a corridor, prevent hundreds of people from receiving treatment, deprive children of the opportunity to get education, block the supply of gas and electricity. No one has given Azerbaijan such a right. I have to speak about this after returning to France," he said.

According to the joint statement, the regime of Azerbaijan, both with the way of oppressing its own citizens and with its military ambitions towards Armenia and Artsakh, can only lead to war, destruction, misery and despair.