French Foreign Minister to visit Armenia

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will visit Armenia this week, the French Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.

 

Colonna will be traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia on April 26-28.

 

The visit “will reiterate France’s commitment to support the negotiations between the two countries for a fair and lasting peace based on principles of international law and territorial integrity.”

Colonna will call for respect of the rights of the Armenian population in Nagorno Karabakh and immediate restoration of passage along the Lachin Corridor, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

 

The French FM will meet with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Armenia. She will then visit the headquarters of the EU monitoring mission in Jermuk.

 

FM Colonna will also visit the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide.