Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has met a delegation of French senators, led by Nathalie Goulet, head of the France-Azerbaijan working group.
The head of state thanked Goulet and the other senators for what he described as their fair position during the French Senate’s discussion of a draft law criminalizing the denial of Armenian claims of genocide, APA reports.
The president described the law as an initiative that distorts history, runs counter to democracy and freedom of speech and is based on false and faked reports. He expressed the hope that it would not come into effect.
A group of 72 French senators at the end of January asked the country's Constitutional Council to block the new law.
Goulet said that she and the other senators would do their best to develop relations with Azerbaijan during their visit.
The visiting delegation includes another five – Sylvie Goy-Chavent, Jean-Marie Bockel, Herve Maurey, Andre Reichardt and Jeanny Lorgeoux.
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