Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Leyla Abdullayeva has urged the French ambassador to Armenia to be more responsible in his war-related remarks as an official from an OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing country.

Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita on Thursday discussed during a teleconference meeting with French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian the bilateral ties and regional issues, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

Recently, a group of French lawyers, experts in international law, submitted a petition to the French government which outlined its position on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and called on France to take an impartial and more active position to ensure peace, security and development in the South Caucasus region, Trend reports.

To provide the world with precise information about the state of the cultural heritage in Azerbaijan's Karabakh after the Armenian occupation, it is necessary to organize an international UNESCO mission, MP of the French National Assembly, Frederique Dumas, said, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan's Culture Ministry will expand ties with Germany and France.

Azerbaijani photographers have displayed their art works in Paris. The exhibition "People, cities, time" is organized in memory of eminent national sculptor, Honored Artist Elmira Huseynova.

France fully respects the long-standing restrictive measures imposed by the OSCE regarding exports of weapons to Armenia and to Azerbaijan, French ambassador to Azerbaijan Zacharie Gross told Trend.

French Lagazetteaz.fr online newspaper published an article under the headline ‘Second Karabakh War: Crimes of Armenia and the Current Situation in the Region’, Trend reports.

French journalist Sebastien Boussois published an article by entitled ‘Nagorno-Karabakh: Meeting with Refugees Expelled 27 Years ago from Native Lands and Wishing to Return’ in the local news website Atlantico, Trend reports.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and OSCE Minsk Group co-chair from France Stephane Visconti had a telephone conversation on January 27, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.