YEREVAN, AUGUST 29, ARMENPRESS. Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, has lambasted the Azerbaijani authorities for their “illegal and immoral” policy of forcing the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh to leave their homes.

“The strategy of chokehold aimed at inciting a mass exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is illegal, as already defined by the international court. That policy is also immoral,” Colonna said at an ambassadorial meeting.

Foreign Minister Colonna added that France is mobilizing its efforts for the establishment of just and sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which will allow to implement border delimitation.

Just and sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan would also allow the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to live in their homeland and for their rights, culture and history to be respected, she said.