Today
the Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia H.E. Jonathan Lacôte.
During
the meeting, the Human Rights Defender presented evidence about the atrocities
and cruel treatment of the Azerbaijani armed forces against civilians,
including the use of prohibited cluster and weapons containing chemical
elements against civilians, the use of firearms and the massive destruction of
civilian infrastructure.
The
Human Rights Defender expressed his condolences to the French people on the
terrorist attack on the Notre Dame Cathedral in Nice and expressed his concern
to the Ambassador in connection with the recent actions in France based on
hatred against ethnic Armenians, emphasizing the protection of the security and
rights of Armenians.
The
French Ambassador to Armenia J. Lacôte strongly condemned the cases of
vandalism and attacks against French citizens of Armenian origin and Armenian
citizens and informed the Defender that the French Council of Ministers had
decided to ban the Turkish nationalist “Grey Wolves” (“Bozkurt”) organization
in France, because of the latter’s carrying out of ultra-nationalist
activities, and, during the past week, of attacking and inciting hatred against
Armenians.
It is
a known fact that during the April 2016 War, as well as now, the torture,
atrocities and cruel treatment are carried out by the members of the Turkish
“Grey Wolves” organization in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, or are carried out
by using their methods.
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