At a meeting as part of the Jerb Summit of the International Organization of Francophonia, Ararat Mirzoyan, who was held in the Tunisian city of Jerb, made a provocative statement about the alleged position against Azerbaijan of members of the organization.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has said that during the preparation of this summit with the direct support of France to the initial texts of the Jerb declaration, which is the final document of the summit, and the draft resolution on crisis situations in the franco -speaking region, unilateral, biased and distorted, provocatives were included Applications against Azerbaijan were submitted for discussion of member states.
“As a result of the interference of a number of member states, during the discussion of draft documents from texts, statements against Azerbaijan were also taken, it was also not allowed to include documents of any statements directly directed against Azerbaijan. Nevertheless, in the final version of the document There are still elements that are not related to the mandate of the organization and give the opportunity to use the instruments of political propaganda of Armenia, ”the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The document also emphasizes that “in the process of coordinating documents, France undertook additional political pressure and restraint steps outside of diplomatic practice in relation to countries who objected to unilateral, biased and distorted provisions against Azerbaijan. Despite this pressure during the ministerial meeting of states of states -Member of the International Organization of Franco-speaking countries on November 18, 2022. Some member states again took the word and said that they object to the relevant points of the draft resolution and did not agree to accept the document. Nevertheless, ignoring the objections, it was stated that the draft document was approved for making on the summit. This is a violation of the decision-making procedure and ignoring the position of member states. As a result, representatives protesting against the decision left the conference room. “
Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry notes that “the adoption of steps unprecedented at international multilateral venues has once again demonstrated that the international organization of the French -speaking countries is a political instrument of pressure on other countries, which will undoubtedly seriously damage it Reputation as a cultural institution. “
“We consider the documents that will be adopted at the summit of the International Organization of Franco -speaking countries as a result of such subversive activities of France, politically biased and irrelevant.
Azerbaijani side expresses gratitude to all states that demonstrated a position based on the norms and principles of international law in the process of discussing the summith documents, ”the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.