INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF FRANCE IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS ON KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

Presented article analysis shows that France, as a co-chair of the Minsk Group, is involved in the peace process in Nagorno-Karabakh, and acting in the name of peace, tends to take over balanced positions. French government was forced to take into account the interests of the conflicting parties and at the same time promote their own energy, trade and economic, as well as political and military interests in the region. Let us not forget the process of the Francophonie, which also plays a great role. However, more than twenty years’ history of the settlement shows that France is close to the diplomacy of Armenia than Azerbaijan. This has also contributed to the historical ties between the Armenian and French nations and the two countries