France says there can be no military solution to Karabakh conflict

There can be no military solution to this conflict. France, with its partners the U.S. and Russia also co-chairs of the Minsk Group reaffirms its strongest determination to support the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to the principles outlined by the presidents Sarkozy, Obama and Medvedev in Muskoka in 2010 and L’Aquila in 2009,to help achieve a balanced political solution and negotiated to the Nagorno-Karabakh on the basis of the principles and norms of international law, the UN Charter, and an appropriate combination of the principles of the Helsinki Final Act non-use of force or its threat, territorial integrity and equal rights of peoples and self-determination,” the statement says.