"My dear brother Ilham Aliyev has a recommendation for France. He said that if they love Armenians so much, they should give Marseille to them. I give the same advice. " According to HaberGlobal, this was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a speech at the Hagia Sophia Mosque Museum. He called his counterpart Emmanuel Macron a disaster for France, stressing that the country was going through a very dangerous period under his leadership.
"I hope that France will get rid of Macron. "Yellow vests" can turn into "red vests". We will see what decision they will make as an administration, "he said. Erdogan also touched upon the role of the Minsk Group as a mediator in the Karabakh issue, noting that France has already lost its role as a mediator. It should be noted that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, commenting on the French Senate's call on the government to "recognize the independence" of Nagorno-Karabakh, offered Paris "to give Marseilles to the Armenians if they want."