France's Karabakh resolution a 'disaster,' says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
on Saturday called a French parliament resolution on Karabakh a “complete disaster,’’ and an attack on the
sovereignty rights of Azerbaijan.
Turkey ally Azerbaijan did not attack anyone or
their land, but liberated its own lands which were Armenia for nearly three
decades despite UN and OSCE resolutions, NTV cited Erdoğan
as saying in a video speech delivered at the opening ceremony of a newly built
motorway in eastern Turkey.
“The decision taken the previous day in the
parliament of France, the co-chair of the [OSCE] Minsk Group, is a complete
disaster beyond a scandal,” the Turkish president said.
On Nov. 26, The French Senate signed a resolution
recognizing the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The decision is not
legally binding, but has a symbolic significance.
Ankara and Paris are at odds over a string of
issues, including Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan populated by ethnic
Armenians where fighting broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia between
September and November, when a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal was put into
effect.
Turkey has thrown its full support behind Azerbaijan
in the conflict.
